Zeebrugge Raid (1918)

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Zeebrugge Raid (1918)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeebrugge_Raid
https://www.britannica.com/event/Zeebrugge-Raid-1918

23 April 1918

An attempt by the Royal Navy to block the German U-boats based in the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.

The Zeebrugge Raid was promoted by Allied propaganda as a British victory and eight Victoria Crosses were awarded.

A few days after the raid, the Germans had opened the port to submarines at high tide, so the raid can be best described as of limited effectiveness.



The Zeebrugge Raid - A Vindictive Operation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0VrSPzfbRM

Zeebrugge Raid in WW1

Drachinifel
11 May 2022
runtime 36:04



200 Medals Won in an Hour - Raid on Zeebrugge 1918 Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAeieqOOSng

Historigraph
11 May 2022
runtime 12:21

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ZEEBRUGGE RAID 1918
https://www.nmrn.org.uk/news-events/nmrn-blog/brief-history-zeebrugge-raid-1918


British Naval Raids on Zeebrugge and Ostend, 1918
http://www.greatwar.co.uk/battles/yser/zeebrugge-ostend-raid.htm


The raids on Zeebrugge and Ostend
https://history.blog.gov.uk/2018/04/23/the-raids-on-zeebrugge-and-ostend/



The WW1 Zeebrugge raid was to provide the Template for the later WW2
Diepe & St Nazaire Raid


Dieppe Raid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieppe_Raid

Only recently has information become available
which suggests this was attempt to steal a German
enigma coding machine

Previously it was considered more as a Test of the German Atlantic wall
defenses.

The US during early part of WW2 were more keen that the
Brits in invading France early in say 1942.
Dieppe Raid showed the allies had a ways to go yet to be ready for
D-Day, lessons were learned after Dieppe Raid.



St Nazaire Raid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Nazaire_Raid

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Campbeltown_(I42)

British amphibious attack on the heavily defended Normandie dry dock
at St Nazaire