Raiders
World War II Britain's most daring special operations
by Ross Kemp
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From Operation Judgement (November 1940), the remarkable story of the world's first aircraft carrier strike on an enemy fleet, to the courageous Operation Tonga (June 1945), and the critically important seizure of Pegasus Bridge, the first engagement of D-Day, by a company of British paratroopers.
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Warfare and Defence, Great Britain, Great Britain. Army, World War, 1939-1945, Raids (Military science), History, Special forces (Military science), Commando operations, Special operations (Military science), Large type books, Commando troops, Great britain, army, World war, 1939-1945, great britain, Military art and science, historyPlaces
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Raiders: World War II Britain's most daring special operations
2013, Isis
in English
- Large print ed.
0753153343 9780753153345
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Operation Judgement: one of the most spectacular efforts of World War Two, where obsolete British biplanes attacked the Italian fleet in Taranto. Operation Archery: the first true combined operation carried out by all three British forces. Operation Gunnerside: a dramatic demolition assault on Hitler's atomic bomb plant in Norway.
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