The Greatest Raid of All

C E Lucas Phillips

ISBN 10: 0330480707 / ISBN 13: 9780330480703

Published by Pan Macmillan, 2000

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0330480707I5N00

Synopsis:

'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

Book Description: Another superb book in the series of military history, this exciting account explores one of the most thilling and vivid Royal Navy operations of the Second World War.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Greatest Raid of All
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket