Operation Speedwell

During World War II, Operation Speedwell was an early Special Air Service raid against Italian rail targets near Genoa starting on 7 September 1943. The fourteen-man group split into a number of smaller units to destroy track and ambush trains. The surviving raiders returned to friendly lines by foot after up to seven months behind enemy lines, some after time in captivity.

References

"No. 36785". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 November 1944. p. 5131.
Morton, James (2008-09-18). "Obituary—Harold Challenor". The Guardian. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
Claudio Biscarini. "Eroi sconosciuti: l'Operazione Speedwell tra Liguria e Toscana". Della storia d'Empoli (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2018-05-01. Retrieved 2018-05-01.

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