Operation Hush

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Operation Hush
Part of World War I
Date 1917 Location Belgian Coast Result
Belligerents
The United Kingdom	Germany
Commanders
Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon	Admiral Ludwig von Schroeder
Strength
13,750 189 heavy guns	24 coastal batteries, including eight large calibre naval gun batteries 33 concete machine gun nests

Operation Hush was to be an amphibious landing on the Belgian coast, supported by a breakout attack from Nieuwpoort and the Yser bridgehead. Due to its heavy defenses and fortifications Operation Hush was cancelled and no landing ever occurred. The British chose Middelkerke as the site for the landings instead because its defenses were much weaker.

[edit] Units

• British Units
  • 1st Division
  • Dover Patrol
  • XV Corps
  • 32nd Division
  • 1st Division
  • 66th (2nd West Lancashire) Division
  • 49th (West Riding)
  • 33rd Divisions
  • IV Corps of the Royal Flying Corps
  • Royal Naval Air Service
• German Units
  • MarinesKorps Flandern
  • 4th Army

[edit] See also

• World War I
• The Great War

[edit] External links

• Operation Hush - planned landing on the Belgian coast - 1917