Operation Jubilee : Dieppe, 1942, the folly and the sacrifice /
by Bishop, Patrick (Patrick Joseph).
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BookPublisher: UK : Viking, 2021Description: xi, 386 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780241389669 (hbk.) :; 0241389666 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 940.5421 BISSubject(s): Dieppe Raid, 1942 | Warfare and Defence | Warfare and Defence | France | European history | Military history | Second World WarSummary: On the moonless night of 18 August 1942 a flotilla pushes out into the flat water of the Channel. They are to seize the German-held port of Dieppe and hold it for at least 24 hours, showing the Soviets the Allies were serious about a second front and to get experience ahead of a full-scale invasion.But confidence turned to carnage with nearly two thirds of the attackers dead, wounded or captured. Operation Jubilee - the Royal Air Force's biggest battle since 1940 - has drama from start to finish, human folly and tragedy in spades and a fast, tight narrative with heroes at every level. The raid was both a disaster and a milestone in the narrative of the war - it had powerful lessons and far-reaching consequences that paved the way to D-Day. Patrick Bishop's account of this gallant endeavour reveals the big picture and unearths telling details, establishing definitively Operation Jubilee's place in history.
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| 940.5421 ASH A brilliant little operation: the Cockleshell heroes and the most courageous raid of WW2 | 940.5421 BEE Berlin : the downfall, 1945 / | 940.5421 BEE Arnhem : the battle for the bridges, 1944 / | 940.5421 BIS Operation Jubilee : Dieppe, 1942, the folly and the sacrifice / | 940.5421 BUN The most dangerous enemy: | 940.5421 CAM Target London: under attack from the V-weapons during WWII | 940.5421 CAR Force Benedict: Churchill's secret mission to save Stalin |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
On the moonless night of 18 August 1942 a flotilla pushes out into the flat water of the Channel. They are to seize the German-held port of Dieppe and hold it for at least 24 hours, showing the Soviets the Allies were serious about a second front and to get experience ahead of a full-scale invasion.But confidence turned to carnage with nearly two thirds of the attackers dead, wounded or captured. Operation Jubilee - the Royal Air Force's biggest battle since 1940 - has drama from start to finish, human folly and tragedy in spades and a fast, tight narrative with heroes at every level. The raid was both a disaster and a milestone in the narrative of the war - it had powerful lessons and far-reaching consequences that paved the way to D-Day. Patrick Bishop's account of this gallant endeavour reveals the big picture and unearths telling details, establishing definitively Operation Jubilee's place in history.
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