Operation Canuck

Operation Canuck was an operation of World War II conducted by the Canadian Captain Buck McDonald and a small team of Special Air Service troopers in January 1945.[1][2]

Operating in Northern Italy, the team trained and organized Italian resistance fighters. In what has been characterized as a remarkable event, the team's partisans captured the garrison of Alba, near Turin.

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  • Agreement
  • Ambassador
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  • Archery
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  • Anglo
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  • Abercrombie
  • Acid Drop
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  • Begonia
  • Bulbasket
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  • Bardia
  • Hill 170
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  • Litani River
  • Candytuft
  • Chestnut
  • Claymore
  • Cold Comfort
  • Collar
  • Colossus
  • Cartoon
  • Chariot
  • Canuck
  • Crackers
  • Chess
  • Checkmate
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  • Defoe
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  • Deep Cut
  • Devon
  • Exporter
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  • Gaff
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  • Savanna
  • Sidi Haneish
  • Sunstar
  • Speedwell
  • Tarbrush
  • Thistledown
  • Tombola
  • Twin Pimples
  • Wallace


References

  1. ^ Tudor, Malcolm (2018-11-10). SAS in Italy 1943-1945: Raiders in Enemy Territory. Fonthill Media.
  2. ^ Fowler, Will (2010). The Secret War in Italy: Operation Herring and No 1 Italian SAS. Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-3528-7.


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