Operation Canuck

Operation Canuck was an operation of World War II conducted by the Canadian Captain Buck McDonald and a small team of Special Air Service troopers in January, 1945.

Operating in Northern Italy, the team trained and organized Italian resistance fighters. In a remarkable event, the team’s partisans captured the garrison of Alba, near Turin.

British Commando raids of the Second World War

A	Abstention Agreement Ambassador Anklet Archery Aquatint Aflame Anglo Amherst Archway Abercrombie Acid Drop Albumen Astrakan

B	Baobab Basalt Biting Bigamy Batman Begonia Bulbasket Brandy Barricade Bardia raid Battle of Hill 170 Bristle Branford Battle of the Litani River

C	Candytuft Chestnut Clawhammer Claymore Cold Comfort Collar Colossus Cartoon Chariot Canuck Crackers Chess Checkmate Chopper

D	Driftwood Dryad Defoe Dunhill Deep Cut Devon

E	Exporter

F	Flipper Frankton Freshman Fahrenheit Forfar Farrier Foxrock

G	Gaff Gauntlet

H	Hardtack Hawthorn Houndsworth Huckaback

I	Infatuate

J	Jaywick Jubilee J V

K	Kitbag Keystone

L	Loyton

M	Maple Menacle Musketoon Myrmidon

N	Narcissus Nelson Newton Nicety Noah

O	Opossum

P	Postmaster Partridge Pistol

R	Rimau Roast Roundabout Rumford

S	Saxifrage Savanna Sunstar Speedwell

T	Tarbrush Thistledown Tombola Twin Pimples raid

British Commandos List of Commando raids on the Atlantic Wall

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