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Horn, Colonel Bernd

 
9781459743380: The Wrecking Crew: Operation Colossus, 10 February 1941
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1459743385 ISBN 13 : 9781459743380
Editeur : Dundurn Group Ltd, 2019

Synopsis

The incredible details of the bold, near-disastrous first Allied airborne commando raid.

Audacious to the extreme, Operation Colossus was a raid in the early, dark days of the Second World War, when Britain stood seemingly alone. After the country's defeats in western Europe in 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill insisted on an aggressive raiding campaign. Conducted on February 10, 1941, Operation Colossus was one such raid, meant to steal back the initiative and create as much chaos for the Axis powers as possible.

However, bad luck stalked the mission, as one mishap after another seemed to foredoom the operation. In the aftermath, there were recriminations as well as accolades. Few military operations have proven as controversial.

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À propos de l'auteur

Colonel Bernd Horn is a retired Regular Force infantry officer and military educator. Dr. Horn has authored, co-authored, and edited more than forty books, including A Most Ungentlemanly Way of War: The SOE and the Canadian Connection and No Ordinary Men: Special Operations Forces Missions in Afghanistan. He lives in Kingston, Ontario.

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Éditeur
Dundurn Group Ltd
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1459743385
ISBN 13 
9781459743380
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
192
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