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A Special Boat Section canoe during the Anzio beach reconnaissance, 1944

A Special Boat Section (SBS) canoe during the Anzio beach reconnaissance, 1944

As well as undertaking small commando raids, SBS teams carried out beach reconnaissance, including missions for the cancelled invasion of Rhodes (1941), and the Operation Torch (1942), Salerno (1943) and Anzio (1944) landings in North Africa and Italy. They helped make sure that beaches could be fully approached by landing craft and stand up to the weight of tanks and vehicles.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1987-05-10-2

Copyright/Ownership

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1987-05-10-2