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St Nazaire in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at St Nazaire in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

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Historical events in St Nazaire

1942

1942
Siege of St Nazaire
Charles Forbes · World War, 2nd

Helps plan the raid of St Nazaire

28 March 1942
Operation Chariot
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · World War, 2nd

A naval and commando raid on the St Nazaire (Operation Chariot) succeeds at badly damaging the ports dry dock and denying it German navy capital ships

28 March 1942
Siege of St Nazaire
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · World War, 2nd

A naval and commando raid on the St Nazaire (Operation Chariot) succeeds at badly damaging the ports dry dock and denying it German navy capital ships

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