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5 unusual facts about Operation Buffalo


Maralinga

On 27 September 1956, Operation Buffalo commenced at Maralinga, as Emu Field was found to be too remote a site.

Operation Buffalo

The breakout from the Operation Shingle Anzio beachhead by the U.S. VI Corps commencing on 23 May 1944

Operation Büffel (Buffalo), the withdrawal of the German 9th Army under General Walter Model in March 1943

Operation Totem

The first trial at Maralinga was in September 1956, with the Operation Buffalo series.

Valmontone

On January 22, 1944, the Allies commenced Operation Shingle to outflank the Germans at the Winter Line and push toward Rome: Valmontone was an important objective on the way to Rome, in according to the Operation Buffalo, May–June 1944.



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