During
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
, Operation Newton was a jeep-mounted patrol by 57
French members of the French 3rd
Special Air Service (3rd Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes) who operated in the
Champagne
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Burgundy area from 19 August to 11 September 1944. The team harassed the retreating
Germans
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3,322,405
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until relieved by the advancing
Americans
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. This was under the command of Lieutenant Guy de Combaud Roquebrune.
Conflicts in 1944
Western European Campaign (1944–1945)
Special Air Service
1944 in France
World War II British Commando raids
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