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Second World War: A small unit of Royal Marines launched Operation Frankton, in which they damaged six ships in the port of Bordeaux in German-occupied France.
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1939–1945 global conflict
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Operation Frankton
1942 British raid in Bordeaux, France during WWII
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Bordeaux
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German military administration in occupied France during World War II
Interim occupation authority established by Nazi Germany during World War II
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