Granville raid

Granville raid
Part of World War II
Date8–9 March 1945
Location
Granville, Manche, France
48°50′15″N 1°35′38″W / 48.837401°N 1.593931°W / 48.837401; -1.593931
Result German victory
Belligerents
  Germany
Commanders and leaders
  • Percy Sandel
  • Roger Lightoller †
Strength
Unknown
Casualties and losses
  • 1 minesweeper heavily damaged
  • 4 freighters damaged
  • 1 collier captured
  • 22 killed
  • 30 captured
  • 1 minesweeper scuttled
  • 1 missing
  • 6 wounded

The Granville raid occurred on the night of 8–9 March 1945 when a German raiding force from the Channel Islands landed in France and brought back supplies, Allied prisoners and former German prisoners of war to their base.

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