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Second World War: The British Army carried out Operation Collar, its first commando raid into German-occupied France.
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Operation Collar (commando raid)
1940 British raid on Pas-de-Calais department during the German invasion of France
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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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