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    Crossbow was the code name in World War II for Anglo-American operations against the German long range reprisal weapons (V-weapons) programme. The primary...
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  • Operation Crossbow (later re-released as The Great Spy Mission) is a 1965 British espionage thriller set during the Second World War. This movie concerns...
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  • The Operation Crossbow Site is a historic location at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. During World War II, a reconstruction of a German V-1 flying bomb...
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    V-2 rocket (category Operation Crossbow)
    information was particularly important for Operation Crossbow and Operation Hydra, both preliminary missions for Operation Overlord. The group was gradually captured...
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    including the V-2 rocket. The works were attacked by the British in Operation Crossbow from August 1943, before falling to the Soviets in May 1945. On April...
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    established. Accomplishments of the Tallboy included 24 June 1944 Operation Crossbow attack on La Coupole which undermined the foundations of the V-2 assembly...
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    A crossbow is a ranged weapon using an elastic launching device consisting of a bow-like assembly called a prod, mounted horizontally on a main frame called...
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    England. Following repeated heavy bombing by Allied forces during Operation Crossbow, the Germans were unable to complete the construction works and the...
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    factories. In particular, Dulles then had crucial information for Operation Crossbow and Operation Hydra. The group reported to him about the mass murder in Auschwitz...
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    V-2 rocket facilities of World War II (category Operation Crossbow)
    Yorkshire: The Emfield Press. pp. 64, 67. ISBN 0-7057-0070-4. "V-Weapons Crossbow Campaign". Allworldwars.com. Retrieved 2010-04-27. "Bombardement alliée...
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