Operation Barricade

Operation Barricade
Part of North West Europe Campaign
Pointe de Saire lighthouse
Date 14-15 August 1942 Location Pointe de Saire, Normandy, France Result Indecisive
Belligerents
United Kingdom	Nazi Germany
Commanders and leaders
Gus March-Phillipps	Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben
Units involved
No. 62 Commando	709th Infantry Division
Strength
11 Allied commandos 1 Motor Torpedo Boat	1 anti-air gun crew 1 radar site Numerous bunkers
Casualties and losses
None	Three killed, six wounded

Operation Barricade was a British Commando raid during the Second World War. It was carried out by 11 men of No. 62 Commando over the night of 14/15 August 1942, and had as its objective an anti-aircraft gun and radar site north-west of Pointe de Saire south of Barfleur. The raiders, led by Major Gus March-Phillipps, ^[1] crossed the English Channel by Motor Torpedo Boat. ^[2]

They opened fire on a German patrol killing three and wounding six, before withdrawing without loss to the Commandos. ^[3]

References

1. Tentative of History of In/Exfiltrations into/from France during WWII from 1940 to 1945 (Border Crossings, Parachutes, Planes PU & Sea Landings), rev108-31122023 (http://www.plan-sussex-1944.net/anglais/pdf/infiltrations_into_france.pdf), Le Plan Sussex 1944, p. 59
2. "Naval History". Naval History. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
3. Binney, p.152

• Binney, Marcus (2006). Secret War Heroes. Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN   978-0-340-82910-3.