Operation Chariot : the raid on St Nazaire
Cooksey, Jon2005
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Cooksey describes the audacious plan to mount a large-scale commando raid on the Normandie dry dock which held the mighty battleship Tirpitz. The award of more than 80 decorations for the raid bore witness to the ferocity of the struggle to strike at the Germans in France.
Main title:
Operation Chariot : the raid on St Nazaire / Jon Cooksey ; with contributions from James G. Dorrian, Robin Neillands.
Author:
Imprint:
Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2005.
Collation:
128 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps, ports. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 127) and index.
ISBN:
9781844151165 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.54214167A 940.5
Language:
English
BRN:
334305