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The Greatest Raid
- St Nazaire, 1942: The Heroic Story of Operation Chariot
- Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
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Summary
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From the author of Bridge of Spies: a dramatic and colourful new account of the most daring British commando raid of World War Two.
In the darkest months of the Second World War, Churchill approved what seemed to many like a suicide mission. Under orders to attack the St Nazaire U-boat base on the Atlantic seaboard, British commandos undertook 'the greatest raid of all', turning an old destroyer into a live bomb and using it to ram the gates of a Nazi stronghold. Five Victoria Crosses were awarded - more than in any similar operation.
Drawing on official documents, interviews, unknown accounts and the astonished reactions of French civilians and German forces, The Greatest Raid recreates in cinematic detail the hours in which the 'Charioteers' fought and died, from Lt Gerard Brett, the curator at the V & A, to 'Bertie' Burtinshaw, who went into battle humming There'll Always Be an England, and from Lt Stuart Chant, who set the fuses with 90 seconds to escape, to the epic solo reconnaissance of the legendary Times journalist Capt Micky Burn.
Unearthing the untold human stories of Operation Chariot, Bridge of Spies author Giles Whittell reveals it to be a fundamentally misconceived raid whose impact and legacy was secured by astonishing bravery.
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- Mark
- 02-06-24
Brave men amazing storie
great book brave men story of bravery and daring of the great generation of all time
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- DRO
- 12-08-22
The Greatest Raid
Amazing story. Narration languid in parts. Often ridiculous use of analogies that distracted and sometimes annoyed. Cut the analogies and it a good book of an extraordinary event
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