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Old 15th Jun 2005, 14:32
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Onan the Clumsy

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Operation Jericho. I notice one thing about those photographs, If you look at this one, the text says: "...As shown by the dark wall bricks that have been strewn across the white snow, two holes have been blown in the outer wall..."




Later they show this one with they text: "Photo taken the day after the raid, shows one hole in the north wall."



I wonder if it snowed again that night.


One thing that I find interesting is the codename used for this operation. My understanding is that Allied codenames rarely bore any connection to the events at hand, whereas German codenames, often had some relationship, like the rearward pointing airborn radar that was named (Freya?) after a god who could see behind her. I heard there were several Wagnerian references like this that gave Allied forces important hints about what was being hidden by the codename.

Anyone care to comment?
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