Operation Roast was a military operation undertaken by British Commandos, at Comacchio lagoon in north-east Italy, during the Spring 1945 offensive in Italy, part of the Italian Campaign, during the f
Buffalo amphibians transport German prisoners through a flooded landscape south of Lake Comacchio.
Major Anders Frederik Emil Victor Schau Lassen,, was a Danish military officer who was the only non-Commonwealth recipient of the Victoria Cross during the Second World War. Serving in the British Arm
Major Anders Lassen (right) in 1945, discussing the forthcoming Lake Comacchio raid, in which he and his men were tasked to cross impossible terrain
Major Anders Lassen's grave at Argenta Gap War Cemetery, 1 September 2015.
Miniature insignia of the Danish Order of the Dannebrog on Major Anders Lassen's gravestone at Argenta Gap War Cemetery, 1 September 2015. Text: "Gud og Kongen" - "God and the King".