| Special Forces Operations in May 1942 |
| May 5th, 1942 – October 1942 |
| Operation Ironclad |
| No. 5 Commando. Their mission is to land ahead of the main force and carry out a raid on a French coastal artillery battery near Courrier and Ambarata Bays on the northern tip of the island eighteen kilometres to the west of Diego Suarez, Madagascar. After that they have to stand by for further assignments. The Commandos complete their missions successfully and stay in Madagascar until October, after which the unit returns to Great Britain. |
| May 31st, 1942 – June 1st, 1942 |
| Operation Foxrock |
| Commandos |
| Hundred men of No. 12 Commando. Their mission is to destroy the entrance to the Somme Canal and other installations at St Valéry sur Somme, France. This operation is planned after the success of Operation Chariot against the Normandie Dock in Saint Nazaire, France. The operation is abandoned when the convoy taking the assault force to France is spotted by a German patrol vessel. |
| May 23rd, 1942 – June 4th, 1942 |
| Operation Bristle |
| Commandos |
| 250 men from No. 1 Commando. Their mission is performing a beach reconnaissance, to remove or destroy the Radio Direction Finding apparatus and bring parts of it back along with captured enemy technical personnel, in the area North of Plage Saint Cecily in France. |