Storming St. Nazaire: The Gripping Story of the Dock-Busting Raid, March 1942: 15 - Brossura

Dorrian, James G.

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ISBN 10: 0850528070 ISBN 13: 9780850528077

Casa editrice: Pen & Sword, 2001

Riassunto

The year 1942 opened on the note of virtually unrelieved gloom. Things were already bad enough in Europe; then in February, came the fall of Singapore and few had the foresight or optimism to share Prime Minister Churchill's view that ultimate victory was inevitable from the moment the Americans entered the war. Perhaps the greatest threat to British survival lay in the North Atlantic where shipping losses had reached crisis point, and the most formidable manifestation of that threat was the might German battleship Tirpitz, at the time sheltering in Norwegian waters. Her vast size ordained that nowhere on the Atlantic seaboard could she put in for refit or repair except the 'Normandie' dock at St Nazaire. Destroy that and the Tirpitz would be neutralized.That was the thinking behind Operation Chariot, as the plan to blow up the dock was codenamed. James Dorrian has chosen to see this extraordinary exploit not through the eyes of the brasshats and the politicians but through those of the men who took part in it, particularly those whose fate it was to carry out the orders rather than give them. This lends his narrative an immediacy that bare recitation of the facts could not convey and it is no exaggeration to say that the action comes almost painfully to life in his hands. How it all turned out the reader must discover. Suffice it here to say that it resulted in the award of no less than five Victoria Crosses.

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Recensione:

...rich in detail, competing in its drama and written in a clear and accessible style. --Tim Bean: 'Military Illustrated' August 1998

..well researched..a detailed and fascinating account of operations at St. Nazaire. --Ian Speller: December 1999' Journal of Strategic Studies'

The author graphically captures the planning, training, execution, successes and failures...in the most thoroughly researched and gripping fashion.. --Cruising Association book reviews, May 1998

L'autore:

Born in Northern Ireland in 1946, James Dorrian, BA, started his career with the Concorde Flight Test Centre. He emigrated to Canada in 1974 and established himself in Victoria, British Columbia, as a successful graphic designer. He returned to England in 1990 in order to pursue his work as a military historian. He also works as an artist painting vintage cars. He lives near Crewe.

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• Editore: Pen & Sword
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0850528070
• ISBN 13: 9780850528077
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 304