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Operation Biting

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Operation Biting, also called the Bruneval Raid, was a British Combined Operations raid on the night of 27-28 February 1942 against a German Wurzburg radar installation at Bruneval, northern France. Around 120 airborne troops of the 2nd Parachute Battalion, led by Major John Frost, parachuted in, seized the radar site and a captured German technician, and were evacuated by Royal Navy landing craft. The intelligence recovered allowed British scientists to understand German radar technology and develop effective countermeasures. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Operation Type
Special-forces raid (technical intelligence) 1
Start Date
1942-02-27 1
End Date
1942-02-28 1
Location
Bruneval, German-occupied France 1
Participants
2nd Parachute Battalion (1st Airborne Division), No. 51 Squadron RAF, Royal Navy landing craft, Royal Engineers 1
Objective
Capture components of a German Wurzburg radar installation intact for scientific examination in Britain 1
Outcome
The raid succeeded with relatively few casualties; recovered radar components and a captured technician let British scientists develop countermeasures, including the Window chaff technique 1
Operation Type
Operation Type (category)
Special-Forces Operation 1
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Commanders and Forces

British Army, Armed Forces and Units

Operation Biting was carried out by C Company of the 2nd Parachute Battalion, British Army

Source Wikipedia: Operation Biting
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1. Wikipedia: Operation Biting
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  • Introductory section
    The raid was entirely successful. The airborne troops suffered relatively few casualties, and the pieces of the radar they brought back, along with a captured German radar technician, allowed British scientists to understand enemy advances in radar and to create countermeasures to neutralize them.
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