| Name: | The St. Nazaire Raid |
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Documents: 9
| 839 | BATTESON, Ralph. St Nazaire to Shepperton: A Sailor's Odyssey. 172p., illus. Bolsover: Highedge Historical Society, 1996. ISBN: 0952424924.
An autobiography which focuses on the raid and his service as a POW. He was on ML 306. |
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| 840 | CHANT-SEMPILL, Stuart. St. Nazaire Commando. xvi, 204p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Murray, 1985; Novato, Ca.: Presidio, 1987. ISBN: 0719542111.
The raid as seen by one of the commandos who destroyed a drydock pump house. Most of the book describes his experiences as a POW in Germany. |
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| 841 | DORRIAN, James G. Storming St. Nazaire: The Gripping Story of the Dock-Busting Raid, March 1942. xvi, 304p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Cooper, 1998. ISBN: 0850524199.
Records the memories of many of those who took part, with a lively and compelling narrative flow of a raid of great gallantry. |
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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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| 4426 | LYMAN, Robert. Into the Jaws of Death: The True Story of the Legendary Raid on Saint-Nazaire. 352p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Quercus, 2013. ISBN: 1782064443. A good attempt to provide a definitive account of the raid. |
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| 4556 | BENNETT, G. H. Hunting Tirpitz: Royal Naval Operations Against Bismarck's Sister Ship (Britannia Naval Histories of World War II). 296p., bibliog., illus., index. Plymouth: University of Plymouth Press, 2012. ISBN: 9781841023090. A strong introduction is followed by three official Battle Summaries. No 12. (Operation Chariot) Describes the raid on St Nazaire, aimed at limiting her access to Atlantic ports; No 27 (Operation Tungsten) describes the major Fleet Air Arm attack on the ship in Norway; no 29 (Operation Source) describes the X-Craft attack. The Naval Staff History follows along with a few brief survivors' accounts and several photographs. |
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| 4567 | KEMP, Ross. Raiders. x ,294p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Century, 2012. ISBN: 1780890559. A popular account of six raids: The FAA attack on Taranto (JUDGEMENT); the raid on Vaagso (ARCHERY); the raid on radar sites at Bruneval (BITING); the raid on the heavy water plant in Norway (GUNNERSIDE); the raid on St Nazaire (CHARIOT); the D-Day raid on Pegasus Bridge (DEADSTICK). |
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