Operation suicide
Subtitle: the remarkable story of the Cockleshell raid
By: Robert Lyman
Publisher: Quercus
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9780857382405; 9781780872513; 9780857382412
Subjects: Weltkrieg (1939-1945); Kommandounternehmen; Bordeaux Raid (1942) fast (OCoLC)fst00836585; Großbritannien; World War, 1939-1945; Commando troops; Commando operations; Bordeaux Raid, 1942; World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924; Großbritannien. Marines
Description: During WW2, it is hard to imagine a situation where the British High Command could think that one of the only ways they could attack Hitler was to send ten canoeists with limpet mines to paddle up the Gironde estuary in an attempt to sink German blockade ships in Bordeaux harbour. Yet this is precisely what happened.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1.1941 and 1942; title: 2.The Hand of Steel from the Sea; title: 3.Bordeaux; title: 4.The Intelligence War; title: 5.'Blondie' Hasler; title: 6.The Boom Patrol; title: 7.Decision; title: 8.La Richmond Terrace; title: 9.The Clyde and the Thames; title: 10.Journey to the Gironde; title: 11.The First Night; title: 12.The Garonne; title: 13.Murder by Telephone; title: 14.Attack; title: 15.Escape; title: 16.Execution; title: 17.Home Run.; title: Machine generated contents note: 1.1941 and 1942; title: 2.The Hand of Steel from the Sea; title: 3.Bordeaux; title: 4.The Intelligence War; title: 5.`Blondie' Hasler; title: 6.The Boom Patrol; title: 7.Decision; title: 8.La Richmond Terrace; title: 9.The Clyde and the Thames; title: 10.Journey to the Gironde; title: 11.The First Night; title: 12.The Garonne; title: 13.Murder by Telephone; title: 14.Attack; title: 15.Escape; title: 16.Execution; title: 17.Home Run.