The Cockleshell raid
Bordeaux 1942
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Author
Contributions
- Gerrard, Howard - Contributor
Publication
2010 - Osprey, Oxford, England
Language
English
Word Count
16,000 words, Guess
Page Count
64 pages
Physical Format
Electronic resource
Identifiers
- Internet Archivecockleshellraidb1942ford
- ISBN-10184908260X
- ISBN-101846036933
- ISBN-139781849082600
- ISBN-139781846036934
and 5 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2010292863
- OCLC Control Number649833707
- Better World Books9781846036934
- Better World Books9781849082600
- Open LibraryOL25551623M
Classifications
- DDC940.542147144
- LCCD772.B6 F67 2010eb
- LCCD772.B6 F67 2010
and 1 more
- LCCD772
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.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Raid -- v. 8
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