A Brilliant Little Operation: The Cockleshell Heroes and the Most Courageous Raid of World War 2
The complete story of the remarkable canoe raid on German ships in Bordeaux Harbour — by the man who himself served in the Special Boat Squadron. In 1942, before El Alamein turned the tide of war, the German merchant fleet was re-supplying its war machine with impunity. So Operation Frankton, a daring and secret raid, was launched by Mountbatten's Combined Operations and led by the enigmatic 'Blondie' Hasler — to paddle 'Cockleshell' canoes right into Bordeaux harbour and sink the ships at anchor.
- Author
- Paddy Ashdown
- Format
- hardcover
- Pages
- 416
- Publisher
- Aurum Press Ltd
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9781845137014
- Genres
- history, war
- Release date
- 2012
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