Operation Chariot - the Raid on St Nazaire
Posted on Wednesday 27th March 2013








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Operation Chariot - The Raid on St Nazaire
(Paperback - 128 pages)
ISBN: 9781844151165
by Jon Cooksey
Only £14.99
By March 1942, mainland France had been under German occupation for almost two years. Every month that passed saw Germany bolster her defences against an expected allied invasion. Every month that passed saw Germany tighten her grip on Britain's transatlantic lifeline; menacing allied shipping from the French west coast ports. At St Nazaire on the Loire estuary, the vast Normandie dry dock was the only one capable of holding the mighty battleship Tirpitz, still at large and free to hunt allied ships. Something had to be done. Operation Chariot was…
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