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The Greatest Raid of All

Categorie	Schepen & Scheepvaart
Boeknummer	#377028-VA50
Titel	The Greatest Raid of All
Auteur	Phillips, Cecil Ernest Lucas
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Pan Publishing
Jaar van uitgave	2000
ISBN10	0330480707
ISBN13	9780330480703
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, illustrated with some photographs in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	'A deed of glory intimately involved in high strategy' - Winston Churchill St Nazaire, 1.34am March 28th, 1942 - the destroyer HMS Campbeltown , with her Oerlikons blazing at the enemy guns only a few yards away, crashed with terrific force into one of the enormous lock gates of the Normandie Dock. Operation Chariot had reached its climax. Its object was to destroy the essential gear of the largest dock in the world, so that it could not be used by German battleships, and it was brilliantly successful in its main purpose. The story of the assault, under a storm of enemy fire at point-blank range which set the sea itself on fire, and of the heroism of the men in the 'little ships' raid, carried out by Royal Navy forces - no fewer than five VC's were awarded - is one of the most thrilling an... (Lees verder)d vivid to come out of any war. 'Exciting and moving account of a great epic' Observer
Pagina's	283
Conditie	Goed
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