Operation Washing (Q115800593)

matcher place: Greece (relation 192307), Central Greece (relation 910915)
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English Wikipedia categories: 1943 in Greece, Acts of sabotage, Central Greece in World War II, Conflicts in 1943, History of Phthiotis, June 1943 events, Mount Oeta, Special Operations Executive operations

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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Operation Washing was the successful destruction of the railway bridge over the Asopos River in Central Greece by four British SOE saboteurs. These included Geoffery Gordon-Creed and Donald Stott. This was detailed in the book Rogue Male by Roger Field (not to be confused with Rogue Male by Geoffery Household). It took place on 21 June 1943, as part of Operation Animals.

Wikidata location: 38.7836, 22.4325 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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