Summary Of C E Lucas Phillips S The Greatest Raid Of All

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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.

The Greatest Raid Of All C E Lucas Phillips With Foreword By The Earl Mounbatten Of Burma

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Author : Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1958

The Greatest Raid Of All C E Lucas Phillips With Foreword By The Earl Mounbatten Of Burma written by Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with categories.

The Greatest Raid Of All C E Lucas Phillips

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Author : Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1958

The Greatest Raid Of All C E Lucas Phillips written by Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with categories.

The Greatest Raid Of All Etc With Plates

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Author : Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961

The Greatest Raid Of All Etc With Plates written by Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with categories.

The Greatest Raid Of All

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Author : Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips
language : en
Publisher: Pan Publishing
Release Date : 2000

The Greatest Raid Of All written by Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips and has been published by Pan Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Saint Nazaire Raid, 1942 categories.

'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 and vivid to come out of any war. 'Exciting and moving account of a great epic' Observer

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.

Book Review Digest

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Author : Leslie Dunmore-Leiber
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976

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All Hands

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1960

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The Greatest Raid

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Author : Giles Whittell
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2022-03-17

The Greatest Raid written by Giles Whittell and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-17 with History categories.

'I loved this book, as I love any good adventure story sublimely told . . . a gloriously exciting high, followed by a crushing realisation of war's enormous waste' Gerard deGroot, The Times 'Absorbing . . . The extraordinary bravery of the participants shines out from the narrative' Patrick Bishop, Sunday Telegraph _________________________________ FROM THE AUTHOR OF BRIDGE OF SPIES: A dramatic and colourful new account of the most daring British commando raid of World War Two In the darkest months of the Second World War, 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. Drawing on official documents, interviews, unknown accounts and the astonished reactions of French civilians and German forces, The Greatest Raid recreates in cinematic detail the hours in which the "Charioteers" fought and died, from Lt Gerard Brett, the curator at the V & A, to "Bertie" Burtinshaw, who went into battle humming There'll Always be an England, and from Lt Stuart Chant, who set the fuses with 90 seconds to escape, to the epic solo reconnaissance of the legendary Times journalist Capt Micky Burn. Unearthing the untold human stories of Operation Chariot, Bridge of Spies author Giles Whittell reveals it to be a fundamentally misconceived raid whose impact and legacy was secured by astonishing bravery. _________________________________ 'Enthralling . . . the heroism on display that night was unsurpassed, and Whittell is right to call his book The Greatest Raid' Simon Griffith, Mail on Sunday 'A compelling page-turner, the work of a master storyteller. The drama of the March 1942 operation is cinematic in its sweep and detail -- and Whittell's detective work on the real reasons for the raid is extraordinary. Beautifully written' Matthew d'Ancona