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Synopsis
In the formidable dry dock of St Nazaire lay the Third Reich's largest and most deadly warship: the "Tirpitz." Already two German battleships, "Scharnhorst" and "Gneisenau," had slipped through the English Channel under the bows of the British fleet. "HMS Rose," ex-whaler and jinxed destroyer, was detailed to join the daring mission to destroy the entire dry dock of St Nazaire. She found herself not, as planned, backing up Operation Chariot as a troop ship, but fighting alone, with her engines shot to hell and 30 miles between her and home...
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About the Author
Duncan Harding is a pseudonym for Charles Whiting (1926-2007), who also wrote as Leo Kessler and John Kerrigan. Charles Whiting volunteered for the Army aged 16 in 1943, where he saw active service in Belgium, Holland and Germany with the 52nd Reconnaissance Regiment. He has over 350 books to his credit, encompassing military history, espionage, biography and action fiction and holds the Sir George Dowty Prize for Literature.
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- PublisherDales Large Print
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 1842622978
- ISBN 13 9781842622971
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages272
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