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Item Details
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ISLAND RAIDERS
THE COMMANDOS, THE CHANNEL ISLANDS AND THE GERMAN RAID ON GRANVILLE |
| By: |
Will Fowler |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£5.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1782006133 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781782006138 |
| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC (DIGITAL) |
| Pub. date: |
20 August, 2014 |
| Pages: |
1 |
| Description: |
Traces the history of seven British raids on the Channel Islands, assessing their successes and failures. This title offers aa analysis of the 1945 Granville Raid, launched by the Germans from the Channel Islands on mainland France, in a bid to release POWs and cause chaos for the Allied-held port, manned at the time by America forces. |
| Synopsis: |
The Island Raiders traces the history of seven British raids on the Channel Islands, assessing their successes and failures and the impact that these operations had on the war. The Channel Islands were the only part of the British Isles to be occupied by the Germans in World War ll. Despite there being little military resistance to the German arrival, the Germans saw it as a considerable propaganda coup, using it to send the message that mainland England would be next. However, as this book explains, the British government were defiant and ensured that the Islands were not forgotten in their war plans. As well as discussing the raids that took place, Will Fowler also takes a detailed look at the proposed raids which were never acted upon. As well as British raids on the islands, this insightful book also offers analysis of the 1945 Granville Raid, launched by the Germans from the Channel Islands on mainland France, in a bid to release POWs and cause chaos for the Allied-held port, manned at the time by America forces. |
| Illustrations: |
20 b/w |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Osprey Publishing |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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