The Cockleshell raid
Subtitle: Bordeaux 1942
By: Ken Ford ; illustrated by Howard Gerrard
Contributors: Gerrard, Howard
Series: Raid -- v. 8; Raid -- v. 8.
Publisher: Osprey
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781849082600; 9781846036934
Subjects: Royal Marines; Commando operations; France; Great Britain; World War, 1939-1945; British Naval operations; Military; Commando troops; Bordeaux; HISTORY; World War II; Escapes; 20th century; Bordeaux Raid, 1942; History; Raids (Military science); Biography
Description: On the night of December 7, 1942, five canoes were launched off the mouth of the Gironde river, each containing a pair of British commandoes tasked with slipping into the port of Bordeaux and destroying as many of the merchant ships as possible. Only two of the canoes made it to the target, but it was enough. Five enemy ships were badly damaged in the attack. It then became a game of cat and mouse for the surviving commandoes in their attempt to get back to Britain. Some of the men made it to Gibraltar; others were caught and executed. Author Ken Ford gives a blow-by-blow account of one of the.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Title Page; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction; Origins of the Raid; Initial Strategy; Planning and Training; The Raid; Analysis; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.