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Operation Bigamy was a raid during the Second World War by the Special Air Service in September 1942. Under the command of Lieutenant Colonel David Stirling and supported by the Long Range Desert Group. The force were to destroy the harbour and storage facilities at Benghazi and raid the airfield at Benina in Libya. The raid was part of a deception plan for the much larger raid on Tobruk, Operation Agreement. Operation Bigamy was a failure the raiding force was discovered at a road block on route by an Italian reconnaissance unit and Stirling decided to withdraw.[1]
References
- ^ Molinari, pp.70–71
- Molinari, Andrea. Desert raiders;Axis and Allied Special Forces 1940-43.Botley, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2007. ISBN 1-84603-006-4
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