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Leading Buffalo Wave Reaches Port Said

Great Britain · Warfare / Suez War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1956

Derek Oakley6 November 1956

Port Said · Warfare / Suez War

Oakley commands B Troop in the leading wave of Buffalo amphibious vehicles approaching the Port Said beaches.

Names involved

Derek Oakley

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