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Gironde estuary
The Gironde is a navigable estuary (often falsely referred to as a river), in southwest France and is formed from the meeting of the rivers Dordogne and Garonne just downstream of the centre of Bordeaux. Covering around , it is the largest estuary in western Europe.〔((C) Parc naturel marin sur l'estuaire de Gironde et sur les Pertuis Charentais : l'étude est lancée ) Agence des aires marines protégées/French Marine Protected Areas Agency, published 2008-07-25, accessed 2011-03-30〕
The Gironde is approximately long and 3–11 km (2–7 miles) wide and the French ''département'' Gironde is named after it. The Gironde is subject to very strong tidal currents and great care is needed when navigating the estuary by any size or type of boat.
== Second World War ==
The Gironde was the setting for Operation Frankton, a British special forces operation in December 1942 during the Second World War tasked with destroying shipping moored at the docks in Bordeaux. These German blockade runners were causing havoc in the Western Approaches. The British Operation was led by "Blondie" Hasler, a Royal Marine Commando, who had a long-standing interest in canoe operations, and of the 12 men who commenced what was in essence a suicide mission, only two survived. The others were either drowned, killed by the Germans while on active service, or executed under Hitler's (illegal) "Commandos" order.
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