Editing Operation Basalt (section)

{{Short description|British raid on channel islands in WW2}}
{{Distinguish|text = [[2018 Southern Syria offensive]], also code-named Operation Basalt}}
{{Other uses|Basalt (disambiguation)}}
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{{EngvarB|date=April 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}}
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict    = Operation Basalt
| partof      = [[World War II]]
| image       = Musée dé l'Otchupâtion, Sèr.jpg
| image_size  = 300
| caption     = Sark Occupation and Heritage Museum
| date        = 3–4 October 1942
| place       = [[Sark]]
| result      = [[United Kingdom|British]] victory
| combatant1  = {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| combatant2  = {{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} [[Nazi Germany|Germany]]
| commander1  =
| commander2  =
| strength1   = 12
| strength2   = 20
| casualties1 = None
| casualties2 = Three killed, one captured
| notes       =
}}
'''Operation Basalt''' was a small British raid conducted during [[World War II]] on [[Sark during the German occupation of the Channel Islands]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Fowler |first=Will |title=Allies at Dieppe: 4 Commando and the US Rangers |year=2012 |publisher=Osprey Publishing |isbn=9781780965963 }}</ref>

The objective of the raid was of offensive reconnaissance and capturing prisoners.<ref name=ELOB/>