The greatest raid : St Nazaire, 1942 : the heroic story of Operation Chariot
Whittell, Giles2022
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In the darkest months of the WW2, Churchill approved what seemed to many like a suicide mission. Under orders to attack the St Nazaire U-boat base on the Atlantic seaboard, British commandos undertook 'the greatest raid of all', turning an old destroyer into a live bomb and using it to ram the gates of a Nazi stronghold. Five Victoria Crosses were awarded - more than in any similar operation. Unearthing the untold human stories of Operation Chariot, Giles Whittell reveals it to be a fundamentally misconceived raid whose impact and legacy was secured by astonishing bravery.
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Author:
Whittell, Giles, author
Imprint:
London : Viking, 2022.
Collation:
384 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780241508572 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.54214167940.542
Language:
English
Related title:
The greatest raid : St Nazaire, 1942 : the heroic story of Operation Chariot
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BRN:
883561