Editing Combined Operations Headquarters (section)

==Operations==
{{main|British Commando operations during the Second World War}}
Operations included{{cn|date=May 2025}}:

* [[Operation Collar (commando raid)|Operation Collar]] (24–25 June 1940) &ndash; four raids on the [[Pas-de-Calais]] department on the French coast, the first British Commando raid on occupied Europe (just 20 days after the end of the [[Dunkirk evacuation]]).
* [[Operation Claymore]] (4 March 1941) &ndash; the raid on the [[Lofoten Islands]] to destroy fish oil factories and stocks.
* [[Operation Anklet]] (26-27 December 1941) &ndash; a raid on the Lofoten Islands as a diversion for Operation Archery.
* [[Operation Archery]] (27 December 1941) &ndash;  a raid on [[Nazi Germany|German]] positions on the island of [[Vågsøy (island)|Vågsøy]] to destroy fish oil factories and stocks.
* [[Project Habakkuk]] &ndash; the development and construction of giant [[Pykrete|ice]] ships.
* [[Operation Postmaster]] (14 January 1942) &ndash; oversaw a [[Special Operations Executive]] capture of Axis shipping in neutral [[Spanish Guinea]]
* [[Operation Biting]] (27–28 February 1942) &ndash; the Bruneval raid to capture a [[Würzburg radar]].
* [[Operation Chariot]] (28 March 1942) &ndash; the St. Nazaire raid to destroy the [[Normandie dock]].
* [[Operation Barricade]] (14–15 August 1942) &ndash; failed raid on an anti-aircraft gun and radar site north-west of [[Pointe de Saire]]
* [[Operation Jubilee]] (19 August 1942) &ndash; the Dieppe raid.
* [[Operation Dryad]] (2–3 September 1942) &ndash; raid on the [[Casquets lighthouse]] in the [[Channel Islands]]
* Operation Pound (7–8 September 1942) &ndash; France
* [[Operation Aquatint]] (12–13 September 1942) &ndash; reconnaissance of Normandy beach
* [[Operation Freshman]] (19 November 1942) &ndash; Attack on the Vemork Norsk Hydro chemical plant in Telemark.
* [[Operation Frankton]] (7–12 December 1942) &ndash; the "Cockleshell heroes" attack by [[Folding kayak|canoe]] on shipping in Bordeaux, France.
* [[Operation Cockade#Operation Starkey|Operation Starkey]] (September 1943 – 5 November 1943) &ndash; a sham invasion of Europe staged to draw the Luftwaffe into battle.
* [[Operation Postage Able]] (16-18 January 1944) &ndash; [[X-class submarine]] reconnaissance of Normandy beaches
* [[Exercise Tiger]] (22-28 April 1944) &ndash; D-Day training with tragic results.
* [[Operation Gambit]] (4-6 June 1944) &ndash; the use of X-class submarines to provide navigational aid at [[Sword Beach|Sword]] and [[Juno Beach|Juno]] Beaches on D-Day.
* [[Mulberry harbour]]s &ndash; portable harbours for [[Normandy Landings|D-Day]].
* [[Operation Pluto]] &ndash; construction of [[petroleum]] [[Pipeline transport|pipelines]] underneath the [[English Channel]] after D-Day.
* [[Operation Roast]] (1–8 April 1945) &ndash; operation at [[Comacchio|Comacchio lagoon]], Italy