The Cockleshell raid : Bordeaux 1942
Ford, Ken, 1943-2010
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On the night of December 7, 1942, five canoes were launched off the mouth of the Gironde river, each containing a pair of British commandos tasked with slipping into the port of Bordeaux and destroying as many of the merchant ships as possible. Ken Ford gives an account of one of the most daring raids of World War II.
Main title:
The Cockleshell raid : Bordeaux 1942 / Ken Ford.
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Imprint:
Oxford : Osprey, 2010.
Collation:
64 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps, ports. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Series title:
Raid ; 8.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781846036934 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.542147144940.5'42147144940.54214 Homework Collection
Language:
English
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BRN:
1063873
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