Operation Typical

Operation Typical was the name of the first British mission of the Second World War fully assigned to the Yugoslav Partisans HQ and Marshal Tito, organised by the Special Operations Executive (SOE). Six soldiers flew from Derna airfield on 27 May 1943 and parachuted to Black Lake in Montenegro at the height of a large German offensive, Operation Schwarz, that aimed to destroy the Partisan forces. The group was led by Col William Deakin and Capt William F. Stuart, together with the two radio operators – Sergeants Walter Wroughton and Peretz 'Rose' Rosenberg. Canadian-Yugoslav Ivan ('John') Starčević acted as a translator and Sgt John Campbell (RM) was a cipher clerk and bodyguard.

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