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Author : Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips
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Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (492 download)
Download or read book The Greatest Raid of All. C. E. Lucas Phillips written by Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (459 download)
Download or read book The Greatest Raid of All. C. E. Lucas Phillips. With Foreword By... the Earl Mounbatten of Burma,... written by Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Everest Media,
Publisher : Everest Media LLC
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Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (225 download)
Download or read book Summary of C. E. Lucas Phillips's The Greatest Raid of All written by Everest Media, and published by Everest Media LLC. This book was released on 2022-07-16T22:59:00Z with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The raid on St Nazaire was a success, and the fire in the Forge de l’Ouest continued to burn fiercely. The guns ceased fire, the searchlights were switched off, and an uneasy quiet fell over the town and the estuary. Neither French nor Germans knew that this was mainly due to humanitarian reasons. #2 On the night of the 28th, some residents of the moonlit Boulevard Wilson, which runs along the seafront from the docks, saw two torpedo boats and a dozen motor launches ride up the estuary. They saw a German Sperrbrecher, moored in the roads, wink an urgent signal lamp to the advancing flotilla. #3 The French listened to the sounds of explosions and gunfire, which continued for about an hour. The gunfire eventually stopped, but desultory rifle fire was heard in the streets of the town itself. It must be the Tommies. #4 The raid was the end of Operation Chariot, but for the French it was the beginning of three days of terror and death. The delayed-action results of the raid stampeded the angry and bewildered Germans into a paroxysm of indiscriminate shooting, in which they shot down not only innocent Frenchmen and women, but also their own comrades.
Author : Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips
Publisher : Pan Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780330480703
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (87 download)
Download or read book The Greatest Raid of All written by Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips and published by Pan Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A deed of glory intimately involved in high strategy' - Winston Churchill St Nazaire, 1.34am March 28th, 1942 - the destroyer HMS Campbeltown , with her Oerlikons blazing at the enemy guns only a few yards away, crashed with terrific force into one of the enormous lock gates of the Normandie Dock. Operation Chariot had reached its climax. Its object was to destroy the essential gear of the largest dock in the world, so that it could not be used by German battleships, and it was brilliantly successful in its main purpose. The story of the assault, under a storm of enemy fire at point-blank range which set the sea itself on fire, and of the heroism of the men in the 'little ships' raid, carried out by Royal Navy forces - no fewer than five VC's were awarded - is one of the most thrilling and vivid to come out of any war. 'Exciting and moving account of a great epic' Observer
Author : C E Lucas Phillips
Publisher : Sapere Books
ISBN 13 : 9781800550650
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (56 download)
Download or read book The Greatest Raid of All written by C E Lucas Phillips and published by Sapere Books. This book was released on 2021-06-23 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A deed of glory intimately involved in high strategy' Winston Churchill A vivid account of the famous St Nazaire Raid that demonstrates the sheer bravery of the British Commandos and the Royal Navy. An essential read for fans of James Holland, Ant Middleton and Cornelius Ryan. St Nazaire, 1.22 a.m. 28 March 1942. HMS Cambeltown, supported by seventeen wooden motor launches, approached the German-held port intending to smash into the lock gates of the largest dock in the world, the Normandie Dock - Operation Chariot was in full swing. Against vicious Nazi gunfire the commandos stormed the docks and within half an hour succeeded in their chief demolition objectives but in the heat of battle the Royal Navy had lost nearly all of its small vessels intended to carry them back to England. With their route home closed off the men were forced to fight through the town in a bid to escape German forces. C. E. Lucas Phillips' The Greatest Raid of All draws upon numerous British, French and German eyewitness reports to uncover the astounding true story of one of the most daring attacks of World War Two in which no fewer than five Victoria Crosses were awarded. 'Exciting and moving account of a great epic' Observer 'Having been associated with practically all combined operations, from two-man raids to the planning for Normandy, I have no hesitation in saying that the finest and most profitable of the lot was your raid on St Nazaire.' Lord Mountbatten to Lieutenant Charles Newman 'told with clarity, precision, and its share of the famous British understatement.' Kirkus Reviews
Author : Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips
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ISBN 13 : 9780553202311
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (23 download)
Download or read book The Greatest Raid of All written by Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips and published by . This book was released on 1981-10-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Author : Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips
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Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (53 download)
Download or read book The Greatest Raid of All, Etc. [With Plates.]. written by Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips
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Total Pages : 306 pages
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Download or read book Escape of the Amethyst written by Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : C E Lucas Phillips
Publisher : Sapere Books
ISBN 13 : 9781800552692
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (526 download)
Download or read book Springboard to Victory written by C E Lucas Phillips and published by Sapere Books. This book was released on 2021-09-27 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clear and compelling account of the brutal battle of Kohima that swung the balance of the Burma Campaign in World War Two. An ideal book for readers of Max Hastings, Anthony Beevor and Jonathan Dimbleby. 'Sieges have been longer but few have been more intense and in none have the defenders deserved greater honour than the garrison of Kohima.' Field Marshal the Viscount Slim 'The valiant defence of Kohima against enormous odds was a fine episode.' Winston Churchill For a fortnight in April 1944 Lieutenant-General Sato threw nearly the whole force of his division towards the Kohima Ridge. Against them stood a tiny force of one thousand five hundred British and Indian troops. How were these Allied forces able to hold back the attack from over ten thousand Japanese soldiers? And what happened over the course of these long and bloody weeks? C. E. Lucas Phillip's book uncovers not only the personal experiences of the men who fought in this battle but also the political, geographical and military position of the Burma campaign, leading up to and following the siege. 'A beau geste story of staggering courage and fortitude - of a scratch force facing and defeating a whole Japanese division in a battle for a narrow strip of mountainous ground barely a mile long. When the Siege of Kohima was raised the gaunt and ragged garrison of 1,500 had suffered 600 casualties... a vivid, thrilling account of a battle that was truly a springboard to victory.' Yorkshire Post 'C. E. Lucas Phillips has a thrilling story to tell, and no one could fail to respond to it.' Punch 'A lucid, exciting account, blow-by-blow, agony by agony; illuminated by shining courage.' Irish Times Springboard to Victory: The Burma Campaign and the Battle for Kohima is a thorough study of one of the most brutal conflicts of the Burma campaign during World War Two. It should be essential reading for anyone interested in history of the war in the Pacific.
Author : Giles Whittell
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0241992265
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (419 download)
Download or read book The Greatest Raid written by Giles Whittell and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2022-03-17 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I loved this book, as I love any good adventure story sublimely told . . . a gloriously exciting high, followed by a crushing realisation of war's enormous waste' Gerard deGroot, The Times 'Absorbing . . . The extraordinary bravery of the participants shines out from the narrative' Patrick Bishop, Sunday Telegraph _________________________________ FROM THE AUTHOR OF BRIDGE OF SPIES: A dramatic and colourful new account of the most daring British commando raid of World War Two In the darkest months of the Second World War, Churchill approved what seemed to many like a suicide mission. Under orders to attack the St Nazaire U-boat base on the Atlantic seaboard, British commandos undertook "the greatest raid of all", turning an old destroyer into a live bomb and using it to ram the gates of a Nazi stronghold. Five Victoria Crosses were awarded -- more than in any similar operation. Drawing on official documents, interviews, unknown accounts and the astonished reactions of French civilians and German forces, The Greatest Raid recreates in cinematic detail the hours in which the "Charioteers" fought and died, from Lt Gerard Brett, the curator at the V & A, to "Bertie" Burtinshaw, who went into battle humming There'll Always be an England, and from Lt Stuart Chant, who set the fuses with 90 seconds to escape, to the epic solo reconnaissance of the legendary Times journalist Capt Micky Burn. Unearthing the untold human stories of Operation Chariot, Bridge of Spies author Giles Whittell reveals it to be a fundamentally misconceived raid whose impact and legacy was secured by astonishing bravery. _________________________________ 'Enthralling . . . the heroism on display that night was unsurpassed, and Whittell is right to call his book The Greatest Raid' Simon Griffith, Mail on Sunday 'A compelling page-turner, the work of a master storyteller. The drama of the March 1942 operation is cinematic in its sweep and detail -- and Whittell's detective work on the real reasons for the raid is extraordinary. Beautifully written' Matthew d'Ancona
Author : Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips
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Download or read book The Greatest Raid of All written by Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips
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Total Pages : 288 pages
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Download or read book The Greatest Raid of All. With a Foreword by Earl Mountbatten of Burma written by Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : C. E. Lucas Phillips
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Total Pages : 287 pages
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Download or read book The Greatest Raid of All written by C. E. Lucas Phillips and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips
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ISBN 13 : 9780330480697
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (86 download)
Download or read book Cockleshell Heroes written by Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In December 1942, 10 Royal Marines lauched a daring canoe attack on German ships lying in Bordeaux harbour - a harzardous and successful offensive, in which only two survived. This book tells the story of those cockleshell heroes.
Author : C E Lucas Phillips
Publisher : Sapere Books
ISBN 13 : 9781800552616
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (526 download)
Download or read book The Raiders of Arakan written by C E Lucas Phillips and published by Sapere Books. This book was released on 2021-08-23 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stirring account of one of the bravest and most effective units in the fight against Japan in World War Two. Ideal for readers of James Holland, E. B. Sledge and James H. Hallas. By 1942 Guam, Wake Island, Hong Kong, the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies, Malaya, Singapore, and Burma had all fallen to Japanese forces. On the Burmese-Indian border the Allies began their fight back, but to do so they needed to know the movements of the Japanese military. V Force, under the leadership of Major Denis Holmes, was created as a reconnaissance, intelligence-gathering, and guerrilla organisation to become the eyes and ears of the Allied military. Working with 3rd Commando Brigade, the 81st West African Brigade, and the support of local population, Holmes and his men were able to gather information and strike behind enemy lines. Their daring was remarkable, their information usually of exemplary accuracy and their speed instant. C. E. Lucas Phillips uses Holmes' own diary along with memoirs of various combatants to provide insight into these unconventional heroes, their impressive courage, and how their exhilarating exploits allowed the Allied forces to turn the tide against Japanese aggression. 'It is time the story of their heroism was told, so that they may never be forgotten, and Brigadier Lucas Phillips has told it uncommonly well... I welcome this exciting book.' from the Foreword by The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG
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Author : Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips
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Download or read book The Greatest Raid of All, Etc. [On the Raid by Combined Forces on St. Nazaire, 1942. With Plates and Maps.]. written by Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jean-Charles Stasi
Publisher : Casemate
ISBN 13 : 1612007309
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Operation Chariot written by Jean-Charles Stasi and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated history of the World War II British amphibious attack on a dry dock in the German-occupied French town. At the beginning of 1942, the prospect of Germany’s Tirpitz, the heaviest battleship ever built by a European navy, patrolling the Atlantic posed a huge threat to the convoys that were the lifeline for Britain. Bombing raids to destroy the ship failed. A more radical plan was conceived to destroy the dry-dock facility at St Nazaire on the French Atlantic coast. Without the use of the only suitable base for the ship, the threat would be neutralized. The plan was to ram the entrance gates with a ship packed with explosives on a delayed fuse. A motorboat armed with torpedoes would fire at the inner gate causing further damage to submarine pens. The troops and crew would then destroy as many dockyard targets as they could and withdraw in fast motor launches that had followed them in. All this was to be achieved under cover of an air raid. HMS Campbeltown, a U.S. lend-lease destroyer, was chosen for the task. On the night of March 27, the raid commenced. The Campbeltown succeeded in lodging its bows in the outer gates. The fuses detonated the explosives in its hold the following day. The dock gates were destroyed. The cost to the Allies was high, but the Tirpitz was never able to leave Norwegian waters. This volume in the Casemate Illustrated series gives a clear overview of the planning and execution of the raid and its aftermath, accompanied by 125 photographs and images, including color profiles and maps.
