St Nazaire 1942 The Great Commando Raid

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Synopsis

The raid on the port of St Nazaire in March 1942 by a sea-borne task force from British Combined Operations remains one of the most daring actions of World War II. The port lies at the mouth of the River Loire and in 1942, as well as a U-Boat base, contained the massive 'Normandie' dock, the only facility on the Atlantic coast large enough to accommodate the German pocket battleship Tirpitz. This book tells the story of the raid on St Nazaire that denied the use of the dock to the Tirpitz, the sister ship of the Bismarck, and constituted a crucial victory in the Battle of the Atlantic.

Book details

Series:
Campaign (Book 92)
Author:
Howard Gerrard, Ken Ford
ISBN:
9781846035470
Related ISBNs:
9781841762319, 9781841762319, 9781841762319
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages:
96
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2018-10-31
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2011
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
History, Military, Nonfiction