The Commandos At Deippe: Rehearsal For D-Day

The Commandos At Deippe: Rehearsal For D-Day by Will Fowler


ISBN
9780007111268
Published
Released
01 / 11 / 2005
Binding
Paperback
Pages
256
Dimensions
130 x 197 x 13mm

A gripping account of this seminal raid, in which Commandos were used for the first time and which was the first occasion on which US troops fired shots at their European enemy in World War Two.

History's overriding view of the Dieppe raid in 1942 is that of a catastrophe, with thousands of Canadian and British troops killed or captured. Often overlooked, however, is No. 4 Commando's successful supporting element of the raid, disabling the heavy German guns that threatened the supporting ships at sea.

Training and preparation for No. 4 Commando's part in the raid was an excellent example of operational planning. Its leadership was superb and its luck held. The raid also included members of the Free French and US Commandos, later named the US Rangers, and it included the first US forces to engage the Germans on mainland Europe.

Will Fowler has interviewed surviving members of No. 4 Commando and, with extensive research of official records, has written a gripping blow-by-blow account of one of the most daring early Commando raids of the World War Two.
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