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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. It was a desperately hazardous mission from the start - dropped by submarine to canoe some hundred miles up the Gironde into the heart of Vichy France, surviving terrifying tidal races, only to face the biggest challenge of all: escaping across the Pyrenees. Fewer than half the men made it to Bordeaux; only four laid their mines; just two got back alive. But the most damage was done to the Germans' sense of impregnability. Paddy Ashdown, himself a member of the Royal Marines' elite Special Boat Squadron formed as a consequence of Frankton, has always been fascinated by this classic story of bravery and ingenuity - as a young man even meeting his hero Hasler once. Now, after researching previously unseen archives and tracing surviving witnesses, he has written the definitive account of the raid. The real truth, he discovers - a deplorable tale of Whitehall rivalry and breakdowns in communication - serves only to make the achievements of the ' Cockleshell' heroes all the more heroic.

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Aurum Press
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A Brilliant Little Operation: the Cockleshell Heroes and the Most Courageous Raid of World War 2
Author
Paddy Ashdown
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Paperback
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English
Topic
Government, History
Publication Year
2013
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Textbook
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416 Pages

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129mm

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Paddy Ashdown
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by gunnie909 Nov, 2018
Excellent researched book
I had read the original Cockleshell hero’s many years ago but was a most revealing up date. It is very well researched by someone who has walked the walk and so adds another dimention to the story and the lack of co operation between SOE and combined operations which may well have saved many lives. A very good book and I commend it.
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by thebriglands04 Oct, 2017
great true adventure story
bought this book after watching the cockleshell heroes film on tv. no disappointed
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by richardmontydog31 Oct, 2019
As summed up by lord Mountbatten
Amazing story well researched and very well written. Could not put it down.
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A Brilliant Little Operation: The Cockleshell Heroes and the Most Courageous Raid of World War 2 by Paddy Ashdown (Paperback, 2013)

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