Operation Dryad
Operation Dryad was a raid on the Casquets lighthouse in the Channel Islands by British Commandos during World War II. The Commandos captured the lighthouse and its occupants and departed leaving no trace that anyone had ever been there.
| Operation Dryads | |||||||
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| Part of North West Europe Campaign | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United Kingdom | Nazi Germany | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Major Gus March-Phillipps | Unknown | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| No. 62 Commando | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 12 | 7 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 2 minor injuries | 7 captured | ||||||
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