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| 842 | MASON, David. Raid on St. Nazaire (Purnell's History of the Second World War. Battle Book 14). 160p., bibliog., illus. London: Macdonald; New York: Ballantine, 1970. ISBN: 035603139X.
A well-illustrated but brief review of the raid. |
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| 843 | PHILLIPS, C. E. Lucas. The Greatest Raid of All. xviii, 288p., illus. London: Heinemann, 1958.
A full examination of the attack. |
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| 844 | RYDER, R. E. D. The Attack on St. Nazaire, 28th March 1942. 118p., illus., index. London: Murray, 1947.
An early and lively account of the raid by the Naval Force Commander. |
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| 845 | ATKIN, Ronald. Dieppe 1942: The Jubilee Disaster. 306p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Macmillan,1980. ISBN: 0333191870.
A good addition to the literature of the disastrous raid code-named Jubilee. Full use is made both of information from survivors and official papers. |
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| 846 | AUSTIN, A. B. We Landed at Dawn. 127p., illus. London: Gollancz; New York: Harcourt Brace; Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1943.
A justification of the Dieppe Raid. Written largely as a personal account by a war correspondent who landed with No. 4 Commando. |
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| 847 | CAMPBELL, John P. Dieppe Revisited: A Documentary Investigation. xv, 247p., bibliog., maps, index. London: Cass, 1993. ISBN: 0714634964.
A review of some of the background, notable for its use of German records and intelligence appreciations. |
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| 848 | CHRISTIE, N. M. The Suicide Raid: The Canadians at Dieppe August19th, 1942 (Access to History No.5). vi, 42p., bibliog., illus. Ottawa: CEF, 2001. ISBN: 189697936X.
A notably well produced basic account which is aimed at senior schoolchildren. |
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| 849 | DeFELICE, Jim. Rangers at Dieppe. xiv, 300p. illus., index. New York: Berkley, 2008. ISBN: 0425219216.
The little known tale of the fifty US Rangers who were blooded at the Dieppe Raid. |
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| 850 | FOWLER, Will. The Commandos at Dieppe: Rehearsal for D-Day. 256p., bibliog., illus., index. London: HarperCollins, 2002. ISBN: 0007111258.
The story of No 4 Commando's successful raid on the Hess Battery, led by Lord Lovat. This was a part of the wider landing. |
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| 851 | FRANKS, Norman L. R. The Greatest Air Battle: Dieppe, 19th August 1942. 256p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1971. ISBN: 0718303962.
A detailed account, with extensive appendices, of the RAF involvement in the raid. The role of Calpe and Berkeley is described in some depth since they acted as an early form of fighter direction ship. |
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| 852 | GREENHOUS, Brereton. Dieppe, Dieppe. 157p., bibliog., illus. Montreal: Art Global, 1992. ISBN: 2920718525.
An officially sponsored but popular account of an event of particular significance to Canadians. Notably well illustrated. |
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| 853 | HENRY, Hugh G. Dieppe Through the Lens of the German War Photographer. 64p., illus. London: Battle of Britain Prints International, [1994]. ISBN: 0900913762.
An excellently illustrated account of how each individual tank of the 14th Canadian Army Tank Regiment - the Calgary Tanks - operated during the raid. Naval interest lies in how the then new Tank Landing Craft were used. |
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| 854 | HUNTER, T. Murray. Canada at Dieppe (Canadian War Museum Historical Publication, no.17). ix, 61p., bibliog., illus., index. Toronto: Balmuir, 1982. ISBN: 0919511074.
A sober and up-to-date account by an official historian. |
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| 855 | HURLEY, G. F. R. Dieppe August 19th 1942: Combined Services Commemorative Roll. Personnel of the Allied Forces and Civilians Who Were Involved in the Most Disastrous Seaborne Raid of All Time Operation Jubilee. [c.200p. n.p.: n.p., c.1995].
Attempts to list - including casualties - all the participants in the operation, including RAF and RN personnel. |
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| 856 | KIRKPATRICK, Lyman B. Captains without Eyes: Intelligence Failures in World War II. xiv, 303p., bibliog., illus., index. New York: Macmillan, 1969; London: Hart-Davis, 1970. ISBN: 024664009X.
Contains a chapter on the Dieppe Raid and the reasons for failure. |
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| 857 | LEASOR, James. Green Beach. [vi], 250p., bibliog., illus. London: Heinemann; New York: Morrow, 1975. ISBN: 0434410241.
Describes one element of the Dieppe Raid. A British scientist landed with the Canadians to assess the value of a German radar station situated close to the town. |
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| 858 | MAGUIRE, Eric. Dieppe, August 19, 1942. 205p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Cape; Toronto: Clarke Irwin, 1963.
A good account of the raid. |
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| 859 | MELLOR, John. Forgotten Heroes: The Canadians at Dieppe. vii, 163p., illus. Toronto: Methuen of Canada, 1975. ISBN: 0458911801.
A Canadian view of the raid and of the fate of the captured survivors. Vividly describes the horror and the tragedy. |
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| 860 | MORDAL, Jacques. Dieppe: The Dawn of Decision. 285p., bibliog., illus. London: Souvenir; Toronto: Ryerson, 1963.
A French account of the raid and its background. |
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| 861 | NEILLANDS, Robin. The Dieppe Raid: The Story of the Disastrous 1942 Expedition. xii, 292p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Aurum; Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2005. ISBN: 1845131169.
A very readable account, which focuses on the attack and the experiences of the survivors. |
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