Operation Guidance was an Australian-British raid during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

in 1944. The British X-class submarine , entered

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harbour in German-occupied Norway on a mission to sink a large floating dock. After being detected and shaking off their pursuer, ''X24'' made it to the target area, but faulty intelligence and incorrect charts led them to lay their charges not on the floating dock, but on a large German ship nearby, which was sunk in the explosion.

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