Operation Basalt
The British Raid on Sark and Hitler's Commando Order
German soldiers assigned to guard the tiny Channel Island of Sark described it as a 'little Paradise' and, because it was never bombed by the RAF, the best air-raid shelter in all of Europe. But paradise for them came to a bloody end in October 1942 when a small group of British Commandos raided the island, capturing one German soldier and killing several others. Operation Basalt would have been a footnote in history but for the reaction of Hitler, who believed that British soldiers executed several Germans who had already surrendered and whose hands were bound. Days after the raid, he issued the infamous 'Commando Order', a death sentence fo…
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- ISBN: 978-0-7509-6872-0
- EAN: 9780750968720
- Produktnummer: 19599332
- Verlag: The History Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 224 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'275 KB
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Eric Lee is the author of Saigon to Jerusalem: Conversations with Israel's Vietnam Veterans, 'a significant presentation of the Vietnam conflict from a rare perspective' (Vietnam Magazine). He served 11 years in the Israel Defence Forces reserves in a combat unit. He has written many articles for Modern Combat and other magazines.
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