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Zeebrugge Raid: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date April 22, 1918 - April 23, 1918
Location Belgium • Zeebrugge
Participants Germany • United Kingdom
Context World War I

Photos

HMS Vindictive after the Zeebrugge Raid
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Key People

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Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes
British admiral

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