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| | Operations Agatha & Shark |
 | | With the aid of mine detectors and by shear perseverance, thirty-three caches were unearthed from beneath the ground or in the recesses in such buildings as nurseries and shelters, including close on 600 weapons, including Brens and mortars, half a million rounds of ammunition, and a quarter ton of explosive. |
 | | The operation was named 'Shark' and was more ambitious than 'Agatha', for not only did the population have to be screened without warning but such essential services as the provision of food, the removal of rubbish, and the care of the sick would have to be maintained by military means for at least four days. |
 | | The conducting role was given to the 6th Airborne Division, with such other troops under command as required and the total engaged came to sixteen infantry battalions, three armoured, two artillery regiments, two field squadrons, a field ambulance, a divisional column of the R.A.S.C. and Military Police. |
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