Operation Washing Explained

Operation Washing was the successful destruction of the railway bridge over the Asopos River in Central Greece by four British SOE saboteurs. These included Geoffery Gordon-Creed and Donald Stott. This was detailed in the book Rogue Male by Roger Field (not to be confused with Rogue Male by Geoffery Household). It took place on 21 June 1943, as part of Operation Animals.

Sources

• Book: Meyer, Hermann Frank . Von Wien nach Kalavryta: Die blutige Spur der 117. Jäger-Division durch Serbien und Griechenland . From Vienna to Kalavryta: The Bloody Trail of the 117th Jäger Division Across Serbia and Greece . Bibliopolis . Mannheim . 2009 . de . 978-3-941336-10-0.
• Book: Field . Roger . Gordon-Creed . Geoffrey. 2011 . Rogue Male: Death and Seduction in World War II with Mister Major Geoff. Coronet. 978-1-4447-0633-8.

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