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Into the Jaws of Death: The True Story of the Legendary Raid on Saint-Nazaire by Robert Lyman
39.99 NZD
Category: Military
On the night of 28 March 1942 the Royal Navy and British commandos assaulted the German-held French Atlantic port of Saint-Nazaire in one of the most audacious raids of the Second World War. Their plan was simple: to drive an old destroyer packed with three tons of explosive at full speed into the outer ...Show more
Operation Suicide: The Remarkable Story of the Cockleshell Raid by Robert Lyman
39.99 NZD
Category: Military
During the Second World War, it is hard to imagine a situation where the British High Command could think that one of the only ways they could attack Hitler was to send ten canoeists with limpet mines to paddle one hundred miles up the Gironde estuary, in the middle of winter, in an attempt to sink Germ ...Show more
Operation Suicide: The True Story of the Cockleshell Heroes by Robert Lyman
27.99 NZD
Category: Military
At nightfall on December 7 1942, twelve British canoeists arrived by submarine off the coast of France, tasked with infiltrating the dockyards of Bordeaux, and wreaking havoc with the German shipping they found there. Manning fragile 'cockles' through the turbulent waters of the Bay of Biscay, and makin ...Show more
The Jail Busters: The Secret Story of MI6, the French Resistance and Operation Jericho by Robert Lyman
34.99 NZD
Category: Military
In February 1944, the French Resistance in the Amiens area was in turmoil. Its strength had been decimated by German aggression and the work of a number of traitors in their midst, and hundreds of its members languished in the city's formidable jail, awaiting an almost certain death at the hands of thei ...Show more
The Longest Siege by Robert Lyman
29.99 NZD
Category: Military
Beginning on 10th April 1941, and lasting for 240 days, the siege of Tobruk is a mesmerising tale of human endurance and heroism. It is an epic story of extraordinary resilience as the Libyan port's 24,000 defenders met increasingly desperate attempts by Rommel's Panzer divisions to break through the hu ...Show more
The Longest Siege : Tobruk - The Battle That Saved North Africa by Robert Lyman
39.99 NZD
Category: Military
Beginning on 10th April, 1941, and lasting 240 days, the siege of Tobruk is a mesmerising tale of human endurance and heroism, as the Libyan port's 24,000 defenders met increasingly desperate attempts by Rommel's Panzer divisions to break through the hurriedly thrown-up defences. It was a battle of bayo ...Show more
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