Operation Haft

Operation Haft was a British special forces operation by the 1st Special Air Service that took place between 8 July to 11 August 1944 in the Mayenne area near Le Mans in the north-western part of German-occupied France. The operation was part of the much bigger Operation Overlord; the small team of seven men directed allied Air attacks on German troop and tank concentrations reinforcing the Normandy front line which contributed to heavy Germans casualties. The operation was a classed as a big success given the small numbers of the unit deployed.