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100 1 $aLyman, Robert,$eauthor.
245 10 $aInto the jaws of death :$bthe true story of the legendary raid on Saint-Nazaire /$cRobert Lyman.
264 1 $aLondon :$bQuercus,$c2013.
300 $axxiv, 344 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ;$c24 cm
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500 $aIncludes glossary
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 328-331) and index.
520 8 $aOn the night of the 28th of March 1942, the Royal Navy and British commandos assaulted the German-held French Atlantic port of Saint-Nazaire. This is the true story behind what has become known as 'the greatest raid of all'.
505 0 $aPreface -- Dramatis personae -- 1. Britain, early 1942 -- 2. Enter the commandos -- 3. Training for war -- 4. The first raids -- 5. Raids in 1941 -- 6. Tirpitz -- 7. Saint-Nazaire -- 8. Resistance -- 9. The decision is made -- 10. Planning -- 11. Falmouth -- 12. Ryder and Willetts's plans -- 14. Final preparations -- 15. The Bay of Biscay -- 16. Into the Loire -- 17. The run-in -- 18. Ordeal in the river -- 19. The demolitions -- 20. Dash for freedom -- 21. Escaping from the Loire -- 22. Aftermath -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Combined operations raids, 1940-2 -- Appendix 2: Flotilla crusining order for entry into the Loire -- Appendix 3: Victoria Cross citations.
650 0 $aSaint Nazaire Raid, 1942.
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