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Operation Tunnel
Part of Second World War, Battle of the Atlantic
DateSeptember 1943 - August 1944
Location
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
 United Kingdom
Canada Canada
Poland Poland
Nazi Germany Germany
Commanders and leaders
Basil Jones
Harry DeWolf

Operation Tunnel was a series of Allied naval patrols along the coast of Brittany designed to intercept Axis shipping and weaken German naval forces in the lead up to Operation Overlord.

Loss of HMS Charybdis

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Action of 26 April 1944

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