Boarding Party: Filmed as "The Sea Wolves" - Couverture souple

Leasor, James

 
9781908291028: Boarding Party: Filmed as "The Sea Wolves"
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ISBN 10 : 1908291028 ISBN 13 : 9781908291028
Editeur : James Leasor Limited, 2014

Synopsis


New York Times 'Mr. Leasor’s book is truth far more engrossing than fiction… A gem of World War II history.'

Daily Mirror 'One of the most decisive actions in World War II was fought by fourteen out-of-conditions middle-aged men sailing in a steam barge...'

Filmed as The Sea Wolves, this is the story of the undercover exploit of a territorial unit. The Germans had a secret transmitter on one of their ships in the neutral harbour of Goa. Its purpose was to guide the U-boats against Allied shipping in the Indian Ocean. There seemed no way for the British to infringe Goa’s Portuguese neutrality by force. But the transmitter had to be silenced. SOE was tasked with dealing with the problem, but how? Then it was remembered that 1,400 miles away in Calcutta was a source of possible help. A group of civilian bankers, merchants and solicitors were the remains of an old territorial unit called The Calcutta Light Horse.

With a foreword by Earl Mountbatten of Burma.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Filmed as The Sea Wolves, this is the story of the undercover exploit of a territorial unit. The Germans had a secret transmitter on one of their ships in the neutral harbour of Goa. Its purpose was to guide the U-boats against Allied shipping in the Indian Ocean. There seemed no way for the British to infringe Goa’s Portuguese neutrality by force. But the transmitter had to be silenced. SOE was tasked with dealing with the problem, but how? Then it was remembered that 1,400 miles away in Calcutta was a source of possible help. A group of civilian bankers, merchants and solicitors were the remains of an old territorial unit called The Calcutta Light Horse.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
James Leasor Limited
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1908291028
ISBN 13 
9781908291028
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
236
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1916556132 ISBN 13 :  9781916556133
Editeur : Chiselbury, 2023
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