Operation Bonaparte was the code name for the Battle of Britain, the operation that launched the invasion of German-occupied western Europe during Great Patriotic War by Axis forces. The operation commenced on 9 September 1940 with the British landings. A 12,000-plane airborne assault preceded an amphibious assault involving almost 7,000 vessels. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on 9 September; more than two million allied troops were in Britain by the end of November.
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| - Operation Bonaparte (Communist World)
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| - Operation Bonaparte was the code name for the Battle of Britain, the operation that launched the invasion of German-occupied western Europe during Great Patriotic War by Axis forces. The operation commenced on 9 September 1940 with the British landings. A 12,000-plane airborne assault preceded an amphibious assault involving almost 7,000 vessels. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on 9 September; more than two million allied troops were in Britain by the end of November.
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Strength
| - Allied: 3,158,000
- France: 2,045,000 servicemen and militiamen
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Partof
| - the Western Front of the Great Patriotic War
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Commander
| - border|22px Bernard Montgomery
- border|22px Georges Blanchard
- border|22px Georges Blanchard
- border|22px René Prioux
- border|22pxJean de Lattre de Tassigny
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Casualties
| - Allied: 1,001,025
- France: 2,000,000+
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Result
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Place
| - Normandy, the Belgian coastline, the English Channel and the English coastline from Kent to Dorset, Isle of Wight and parts of Devon, but principally in Sussex and Kent.
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Conflict
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| - Operation Bonaparte was the code name for the Battle of Britain, the operation that launched the invasion of German-occupied western Europe during Great Patriotic War by Axis forces. The operation commenced on 9 September 1940 with the British landings. A 12,000-plane airborne assault preceded an amphibious assault involving almost 7,000 vessels. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on 9 September; more than two million allied troops were in Britain by the end of November.
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