What was the codename given to the British Commando raid on St Nazaire in March 1942?
St Nazaire Raid Army Commandos killed in the raid on St Nazaire on 28 March 1942" St Nazaire Raid The St Nazaire Raid or Operation Chariot was a British amphibious attack on the heavily defended Normandie dry dock at St Nazaire in German-occupied France during the Second World War. The operation was undertaken by the Royal Navy and British Commandos under the auspices of Combined Operations Headquarters on 28 March 1942. St Nazaire was targeted because the loss of its dry dock would force any large German warship in need of repairs, such as , sister ship of , to return to home
St Nazaire Raid the German ships and and the British ships and . "Hood" was sunk and the damaged "Prince of Wales" was forced to retire. "Bismarck", also damaged, ordered her consort to proceed independently while she headed for the French port of St Nazaire, which was the only port on the Atlantic coast with a dry dock able to accommodate a ship of her size. She was intercepted by the British and sunk en route. Britain's Naval Intelligence Division first proposed a commando raid on the dock in late 1941. When the German battleship "Tirpitz" was declared operational in January 1942, the