Cockleshell Raid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oldfield, Paul.

Series:

Battleground French Coast

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bordeaux Raid, 1942.

Great Britain. Royal Marines. Special Boat Service--History.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France.

Local Subjects:

Bordeaux Raid, 1942.

Great Britain. Royal Marines. Special Boat Service--History.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (429 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Pen and Sword, 2013.

Summary:

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 de

Contents:

Battleground series:; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter One - DEVELOPMENT OF STEALTHY ATTACK TECHNIQUES ON SHIPPING; Chapter Two - THE ROYAL MARINES BOOM PATROL DETACHMENT; Chapter Three - GENESIS OF THE RAID; Chapter Four - INTELLIGENCE; Chapter Five - PLANNING; Chapter Six - TRAINING AND PREPARATIONS; Chapter Seven - THE INSERTION; Chapter Eight - APPROACH TO THE TARGET; Chapter Nine - THE ATTACK; Chapter Ten - RETURN; Chapter Eleven - RESULTS OF THE RAID; Chapter Twelve - THE FATE OF THE OTHERS; Wallace and Ewart; Sheard and Moffatt; McKinnon and Conway

Laver and MillsSubsequent Treatment of MacKinnon, Conway, Laver and Mills; Chapter Thirteen - EVENTS IN BRITAIN; Chapter Fourteen - AFTERMATH; Chapter Fifteen - 'FRANKTON' BATTLEFIELD TOUR; Royan Ferry; Le Verdon; Port Medoc; Old Jetty; L'Amelie; St Vivien; Port de St Vivien; 2nd Day Hide; Ile de Patiras (inter-tidal break) and 3rd Day Hide; Château Magnol (Chateau du Dehez); 4th Day Hide; U-Boat pens; Quai Carnot; Place de Tourny; Centre Jean Moulin; Cathedral St Andre; La Reole; Baigneaux; Frontenac; Château de Segonzac; Chez Ouvrard; Chez Coutin; Nâpres; Vinade Bridge over Charente

Beaunac (shown as Baunac on some maps)Ruffec; Marvaud Farm; Roumazieres-Lambert Station; Chapter Sixteen - USEFUL INFORMATION; Appendix I - COCKLE MK.II; Appendix II - EQUIPMENT AND CLOTHING; Appendix III - RAIDING FORCE BIOGRAPHIES; Appendix IV - 'FRANKTON' MEMORIALS; Appendix V - SOURCES; INDEX

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ISBN:

9781783036103

1783036109

9781783036127

1783036125

OCLC:

854975024