HMCS Rimouski, seen here between 1944 and 1945, was the flagship in the operation that foiled the German escape attempt.
Location
Canada
Target
Camp 30, Bowmanville, Ontario
Date
September 1943
Executed by
Nazi Germany
Outcome
Failed
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American Theater (WWII)
Battle of the Atlantic
Caribbean
Canada
Angler POW escape
St. Lawrence
Bell Island
Estevan Point Lighthouse
Bowmanville
Kiebitz
Point Maisonnette
United States
Machita incident
Aleutian islands
Torpedo Alley
Ellwood
California ships
Los Angeles
Pastorius
Fort Stevens
Lordsburg killings
Lookout Air Raids
Duquesne Spies
Fort Stanton
Pelikan
Port Chicago
Fort Lawton
Fire balloon attacks
Elster
Great Papago Escape
Santa Fe riot
Point Judith
Utah prisoner of war massacre
Central and South America
River Plate
Bolívar
Pelikan
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