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skos:altLabel | - raid
- Saint-Nazaire
- Footnotes
- St Nazaire
- St-Nazaire
- St. Nazaire
- British commando raid
- Jeremy Clarkson: The Greatest Raid of All Time
- Operation Chariot
- naval and Commando raid to destroy the ''Normandie'' dock gates
- St Nazaire, 29 March 1942
- St. Nazaire Raid
- noted commando raid
- permanently disables
- raid on St Nazaire
- raid on St. Nazaire
- successful British raid
- used to ram and destroy the dock gates
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clgo:causalties | - HMS Campbeltown
- 1Motor Torpedo Boat
- 13Motor Launches
- 169 dead
- 1Armstrong Whitworth Whitley
- 1Bristol Beaufighter
- 1Motor Gun Boat
- 215prisoners of war
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clgo:result | - British victory
- * Normandie dry dock rendered inoperable for the rest of the war
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clgo:strength | - 5,000 troops
- 346 Royal Navy
- 265 Commandosref|Sources differ on the numbers. In the London Gazette account of the raid the Admiralty states there were 353 Royal Navy and 268 Commandos.|group=nb
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