Operation Gaff

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During World War II, Operation Gaff was a six-man patrol of Special Air Service commandos who jumped into German-occupied France on 25 July 1944.

Their mission was to kill Erwin Rommel at his headquarters at La Roche Guyon.[1] This was aborted when the German commander was wounded by an Allied fighter-bomber.

The team moved toward the American lines on foot while ambushing trains and attacking German units along their journey. They reached safety on 12 August.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Marshall, Charles F. (2002). Discovering the Rommel Murder: The Life and Death of the Desert Fox. Stackpole Books, p. 122. ISBN 0811724727. 
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