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Summary Of C E Lucas Phillips S The Greatest Raid Of All
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Author : Everest Media,
language : en
Publisher: Everest Media LLC
Release Date : 2022-07-16T22:59:00Z
Summary Of C E Lucas Phillips S The Greatest Raid Of All written by Everest Media, and has been published by Everest Media LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-16T22:59:00Z with History categories.
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The raid on St Nazaire was a success, and the fire in the Forge de l’Ouest continued to burn fiercely. The guns ceased fire, the searchlights were switched off, and an uneasy quiet fell over the town and the estuary. Neither French nor Germans knew that this was mainly due to humanitarian reasons. #2 On the night of the 28th, some residents of the moonlit Boulevard Wilson, which runs along the seafront from the docks, saw two torpedo boats and a dozen motor launches ride up the estuary. They saw a German Sperrbrecher, moored in the roads, wink an urgent signal lamp to the advancing flotilla. #3 The French listened to the sounds of explosions and gunfire, which continued for about an hour. The gunfire eventually stopped, but desultory rifle fire was heard in the streets of the town itself. It must be the Tommies. #4 The raid was the end of Operation Chariot, but for the French it was the beginning of three days of terror and death. The delayed-action results of the raid stampeded the angry and bewildered Germans into a paroxysm of indiscriminate shooting, in which they shot down not only innocent Frenchmen and women, but also their own comrades.
A Reluctant Hero
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Author : Richard Hopton
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2012-02-29
A Reluctant Hero written by Richard Hopton and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-29 with History categories.
A biography of one of the greatest naval heroes of World War II. This is the first biography of Cpt. Robert Ryder VC, Royal Navy, one of the greatest naval heroes of the Second World War. Ryder led the audacious raid on St Nazaire in March 1942, which completely destroyed the port’s dry dock—depriving the Germans’ mighty pocket battleships of its use for the remainder of the war. The raid was one of the most brilliantly executed combined operations of the war, and much of the credit must go to Ryder’s outstanding planning and courageous leadership. Ryder’s name will be forever linked with the raid on St Nazaire, for which he received a Victoria Cross— but the rest of his war service was no less distinguished. Torpedoed in a Q-ship in 1940, he was rescued after clinging to a piece of wreckage for four days. After St Nazaire, he was heavily involved in the planning of combined operations and took part in the ill-fated raid on Dieppe. On D-Day he led a naval assault party in the first wave of the invasion. For the rest of the war Ryder commanded a destroyer on the Arctic convoys. This lively biography tells the story not only of his wartime heroics, but of the unusual and adventurous life that preceded the war—including serving in the Antarctic and taking part in some of the earliest ocean yacht races.
All Hands
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1960
All Hands written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1960 with categories.
The Longest Campaign
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Author : Brian Walter
language : en
Publisher: Casemate
Release Date : 2020-04-30
The Longest Campaign written by Brian Walter and has been published by Casemate this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-30 with History categories.
The award-winning historian’s acclaimed account of British sea power throughout WWII: “a must-read for anyone interested in Naval warfare” (PowerShips magazine). For four centuries the British realm depended on sea power to defend itself against a myriad of threats. The Royal Navy established itself as the “Sovereign of the Seas,” helping transform a small island nation into the center of a global empire. But Britain’s maritime services faced an unprecedented challenge during World War II, and the survival of the nation was at stake. The Longest Campaign tells the epic story of British sea power in the Second World War. It is a comprehensive and detailed account of the activities, results, and relevance of Britain’s maritime effort in the Atlantic and off northwest Europe. Military historian Brian Walter looks at the entire breadth of the maritime conflict, exploring the contribution of the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, and British merchant marines, as well as their Commonwealth equivalents. Walter puts the maritime conflict in the context of the overall war effort and shows how the various operations and campaigns were intertwined. Finally, he provides unique analysis of the effectiveness of the British maritime effort and role it played in Allied victory.
Special Operations And Strategy
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Author : James D. Kiras
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2006-07-29
Special Operations And Strategy written by James D. Kiras and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-07-29 with History categories.
This book argues that the root of effective special operations lies in understanding the relationship between moral and material attrition - this is achieved by examining both strategic theory and real-life case studies.
The New York Times Book Review
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
The New York Times Book Review written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with Books categories.
The D Day Landing On Gold Beach
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Author : Andrew Holborn
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2015-09-24
The D Day Landing On Gold Beach written by Andrew Holborn and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-24 with History categories.
The Normandy landings of 6 June 1944, across five sectors of the French coast - Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword - constituted the largest amphibious invasion in history. This study analyses in depth the preparations and implementation of the D-Day landing on Gold Beach by XXX Corps. Historians have tended to dismiss the landing on Gold Beach as straightforward but the evidence points to a different reality. Armour supported the infantry landing and prior bombing was intended to weaken German defences; however, the bulk of the bombing landed too far inland, and many craft foundered in difficult conditions at sea. It was the tenacity of the assault units and the flexibility of the follow up units which enabled the Gold landing to secure the right flank of the British Army in Normandy. Using detailed primary evidence from The National Archives and the Imperial War Museum, this volume provides a substantial assessment of the background to the landing on Gold, and analyses the events of D-Day in the wider context of the Normandy Campaign.
Book Review Digest
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Author : Leslie Dunmore-Leiber
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
Book Review Digest written by Leslie Dunmore-Leiber and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with categories.
One Day In August
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Author : David O'Keefe
language : en
Publisher: Icon Books
Release Date : 2020-11-05
One Day In August written by David O'Keefe and has been published by Icon Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-05 with History categories.
'A lively and readable account' Spectator 'A fine book ... well-written and well-researched' Washington Times In less than six hours in August 1942, nearly 1,000 British, Canadian and American commandos died in the French port of Dieppe in an operation that for decades seemed to have no real purpose. Was it a dry-run for D-Day, or perhaps a gesture by the Allies to placate Stalin's impatience for a second front in the west? Historian David O'Keefe uses hitherto classified intelligence archives to prove that this catastrophic and apparently futile raid was in fact a mission, set up by Ian Fleming of British Naval Intelligence as part of a 'pinch' policy designed to capture material relating to the four-rotor Enigma Machine that would permit codebreakers like Alan Turing at Bletchley Park to turn the tide of the Second World War. 'A fast-paced and convincing book ... that clears up decades of misinformation about the ignoble raid' Toronto Star
Killing The Enemy
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Author : Adam Leong Kok Wey
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2015-09-28
Killing The Enemy written by Adam Leong Kok Wey and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-28 with Political Science categories.
During World War II, the British formed a secret division, the 'SOE' or Special Operations Executive, in order to support resistance organisations in occupied Europe. It also engaged in 'targeted killing' - the assassination of enemy political and military leaders. The unit is famous for equipping its agents with tools for use behind enemy lines, such as folding motorbikes, miniature submarines and suicide pills disguised as coat buttons. But its activities are now also gaining attention as a forerunner to today's 'extra-legal' killings of wartime enemies in foreign territory, for example through the use of unmanned drones. Adam Leong's work evaluates the effectiveness of political assassination in wartime using four examples: Heydrich's assassination in Prague (Operation Anthropoid); the daring kidnap of Major General Kreipe in Crete by Patrick Leigh Fermor; the failed attempt to assassinate Rommel, known as Operation Flipper; and the American assassination of General Yamamoto.