St Nazaire 1942

The Great Commando Raid

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St Nazaire 1942

The Great Commando Raid

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Description

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 (1939-1945). 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.

Table of Contents

Background to the Raid

Chronology
Commanders
Attackers and Defenders
Planning the Raid
The Sea Journey
The Run up the Loire
Campbeltown's Attack
The Dockyard Battle
Aftermath
St Nazaire Today

Bibliography
Index

Product details

Published Oct 25 2001
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781841762319
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 72 b/w; 25 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series Campaign
Short code CAM 92
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Ken Ford

Ken Ford was born in Hampshire in 1943. He trained…

Illustrator

Howard Gerrard

Howard Gerrard studied at the Wallasey School of A…

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