The Greatest Raid Of All
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: bce
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
In the dark heart of World War II, a handful of British commandos embarked on one of the most audacious amphibious operations ever conceived — the St Nazaire Raid of March 1942. The Greatest Raid of All chronicles Operation Chariot, the daring assault on the heavily fortified French port of St Nazaire, in which HMS Campbeltown, laden with delayed-action explosives, was rammed into the port's massive dry dock gates, crippling a vital strategic asset that the German navy had relied upon to service its most fearsome battleships. C. E. Lucas Phillips reconstructs this extraordinary mission with meticulous detail, drawing on firsthand accounts from the survivors and participants who risked — and in many cases sacrificed — their lives in a near-suicidal charge into the teeth of Nazi defences. Lucas Phillips, a decorated soldier and accomplished military historian also known for Cockleshell Heroes and Escape of the Amethyst, brings his characteristic clarity and narrative urgency to bear on a story that is equal parts tactical study and human drama. His prose honours both the strategic genius and the staggering personal courage of the men involved, many of whom were awarded the Victoria Cross in the aftermath. A gripping account of sacrifice, ingenuity, and uncommon valour, this work leaves one asking: what compels ordinary men to willingly sail into the impossible?
Author: C. E. Lucas Phillips
Format: Hardback
Published: 1960
Genre: WW2
Edition: bce
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
In the dark heart of World War II, a handful of British commandos embarked on one of the most audacious amphibious operations ever conceived — the St Nazaire Raid of March 1942. The Greatest Raid of All chronicles Operation Chariot, the daring assault on the heavily fortified French port of St Nazaire, in which HMS Campbeltown, laden with delayed-action explosives, was rammed into the port's massive dry dock gates, crippling a vital strategic asset that the German navy had relied upon to service its most fearsome battleships. C. E. Lucas Phillips reconstructs this extraordinary mission with meticulous detail, drawing on firsthand accounts from the survivors and participants who risked — and in many cases sacrificed — their lives in a near-suicidal charge into the teeth of Nazi defences. Lucas Phillips, a decorated soldier and accomplished military historian also known for Cockleshell Heroes and Escape of the Amethyst, brings his characteristic clarity and narrative urgency to bear on a story that is equal parts tactical study and human drama. His prose honours both the strategic genius and the staggering personal courage of the men involved, many of whom were awarded the Victoria Cross in the aftermath. A gripping account of sacrifice, ingenuity, and uncommon valour, this work leaves one asking: what compels ordinary men to willingly sail into the impossible?