campaign, interwar and Second World War
Operation Loyton
Operation Loyton was a campaign fought in 1944 at Vosges Mountains, in what is now France. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Vosges Mountains. It was part of World War II, which ran from 1939 to 1945. The recorded result: See aftermath.
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Where it sits in World War II
Record
| Date | 1944 (year precision) to 1944 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Vosges Mountains, France 48.000N, 7.000E | |
| Kind | Campaign, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | 91 men 2nd Special Air Service; Section from F Squadron, Phantom signals unit; Unknown numbers of the French Resistance; 3 Jedburghs from Team Jacob; 1 downed Airman 622 Sqn Royal Canadian Air Force | Elements of the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen |
| Casualties and losses | Special Air Service 14 killed and another; 31 captured and executed.; Phantom signals section 3 killed; 210 French civilians arrested and sent to concentration camps where 140 died. | Unknown |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Hohneck date unknown, 4.4 km N
- Battle of Linge 1915, 11 km NE
- Battle of Hartmannswillerkopf 1915, 20 km SE
- Battle of Turckheim 1675, 22 km NE
- Battle of Argentovaria AD 378, 28 km E
In the same war
- Before: Falaise Pocket 12 August 1944
- After: Bombing of Hajdúböszörmény in the WWII 1944
- All 1155 engagements of World War II
Elsewhere in 1944
- Battle of Leyte Gulf Philippines
- Battle of the Philippine Sea Japan
- Battle of Peleliu Palau
- Operation Ichi-Go China
- Battle of Saipan United States
Operation Loyton is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 1,495 in present-day France.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2026177, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Loyton, revision 1378916024, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.