and Juno Beaches. Exercise Tiger – D-Day training with tragic results. Operation Biting – captured a Würzburg radar. Operation Starkey – a staged invasion of Europe in 1943. Operation Pluto – construction of petroleum pipelines underneath the English Channel. Operation Freshman – Attack on the Vemork Norsk Hydro chemical plant in Telemark. Units Combined Operations Pilotage Parties (COPP) – a unit that surveyed landing sites for invasions, including those of Sicily and Normandy. The unit was made up of members of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Corps of Royal Engineers and Special Boat Service. Small Scale Raiding Force, also known as "No. 62 Commando". See also Captain Logan Scott-Bowden Film The Attack on the Iron Coast (film) depicts an account of Allied Combined Operations Headquarters commandos executing a daring raid on the German-occupied French coast during the Second World War. References Sources External links Combined Operations Command website Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II Joint military units and formations of the United Kingdom Military headquarters in the United Kingdom