German soldiers place wounded British POWs on the bed of a truck to be taken to a medical dressing station following the Saint-Nazaire Raid. The raid (codename: Operation Chariot) was a successful British amphibious attack on the heavily defended Louis Joubert Lock at Saint-Nazaire in German-occupied France. The operation was undertaken by the British Royal Navy and British Commandos under the auspices of Combined Operations Headquarters. Saint-Nazaire was targeted because the loss of its dry dock would force any large German warship in need of repairs, to return to home waters rather than having a safe haven available on the Atlantic coast. Although the operation was a British success, 169 British soldiers were killed and 215 became POWs. Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, France. 28 March 1942.
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