TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ashdown,Paddy
TI  - A brilliant little operation: the Cockleshell heroes and the most courageous raid of WW2
SN  - 9781845137014
U1  - 940.5421 ASH 
PY  - 2012///
PB  - Aurum History
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Royal Marines
KW  - Special Boat Service
KW  - History
KW  - Bordeaux Raid, 1942
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Amphibious operations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - The complete story of the remarkable canoe raid on German ships in Bordeaux Harbour - by the man who himself served in the Special Boat Squadron. In 1942, before El Alamein turned the tide of war, the German merchant fleet was re-supplying its war machine with impunity. So Operation Frankton, a daring and secret raid, was launched by Mountbatten's Combined Operations and led by the enigmatic 'Blondie' Hasler - to paddle 'Cockleshell' canoes right into Bordeaux harbour and sink the ships at anchor
ER  -