A brilliant little operation : the Cockleshell heroes and the most courageous raid of WW2
Ashdown, Paddy, 1941-2013
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The complete story of the remarkable canoe raid on German ships in Bordeaux Harbour - by the man who himself served in the Special Boat Squadron. In 1942, before El Alamein turned the tide of war, the German merchant fleet was re-supplying its war machine with impunity. So Operation Frankton, a daring and secret raid, was launched by Mountbatten's Combined Operations and led by the enigmatic 'Blondie' Hasler - to paddle 'Cockleshell' canoes right into Bordeaux harbour and sink the ships at anchor.
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Ashdown, Paddy, 1941-, author
Imprint:
London : Aurum History, 2013.London : Aurum History, 2013.
Collation:
xxvii, 420 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2012.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781781311257 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.542147144940.5
Language:
English
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BRN:
537797
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