Eric Lee

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Operation Basalt: The British Raid on Sark and Hitler's Commando OrderPaperback, 1 September 2017

Operation Basalt: The British Raid on Sark and Hitler's Commando Order
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Print Length
232 pages
Language
English
Publisher
History Press
Date Published
1 Sep 2017
ISBN-10
075098421X
ISBN-13
9780750984218

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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 for those Allied commandos who fell into German hands.Drawing on extensive archival research and interviews with survivors of the period, Eric Lee has written the definitive account of the raid, putting it into the context of the German occupation of British lands during the war.

Product Details

Author:
Eric Lee
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
1 September 2017
Dimensions:
19.56 x 12.7 x 1.78 cm
ISBN-10:
075098421X
ISBN-13:
9780750984218
Language:
English
Pages:
232
Publisher:
Weight:
226.8 gm

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