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World War II Today

The Bruneval Raid

27th February 1942: The Parachute Regiment make their debut with a successful airborne assault on a German radar station - and seize secret equipment

Feb 27, 2022
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“A small black object” - the first aerial reconnaissance image that alerted Britsih intelligence that they might have found the mystery German radar component that they were looking for.
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