Cockleshell Raid
Operation Frankton is a story of how a handful of determined and resourceful men, using flimsy canoes, achieved what thousands could not by conventional means. The volunteers had enlisted for Hostilities Only and, except for their leader, none had been in a canoe before. However, with a few months training they carried out what one German officer described as, the outstanding commando raid of the war. They became known as the Cockleshell Heroes, having been immortalized in a film and a book of that name in the 1950s. This book covers the whole of the Frankton story including the development of the Royal Marines Boom Patrol Detachment, the pla…
Mehr
CHF 9.00
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
Versandkostenfrei
Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-78303-612-7
- EAN: 9781783036127
- Produktnummer: 22581339
- Verlag: Pen and Sword
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 8'513 KB
33 weitere Werke von Paul Oldfield:
Victoria Crosses on the Western Front, 31st July 1917-6th November 1917
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 32.95
Urban Panegyric and the Transformation of the Medieval City, 1100-1300
Ebook (PDF Format)
CHF 107.05
Victoria Crosses on the Western Front, 20th November 1917-23rd March 1918
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 32.95
Bewertungen
Anmelden