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The object of Operation Chariot was to destroy the essential gear of the Normandie dock, so that it could not be used by German battleships, and it was successful in its purpose. This is the story of the assault, under a storm of enemy fire, and of the heroism of the men in the 'little ships' raid, carried out by Royal Navy forces.
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St Nazaire, 1.34 a.m. 28 March 1942 - the destroyer HMS Campbeltown, with her Oerlikons blazing at the enemy guns only a few yards away, crashed with terrific force into one of the enormous lock gates of the Normandie Dock... Operation Chariot had reached its climax. Its object was to destroy the essential gear of the largest dock in the world, so that it could not be used by German battleships, and it was brilliantly successful in its main purpose.
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