The Cockleshell Canoes: British Military Canoes of World War Two (English Edition)

'this volume really is one of the most original, interesting and informative to have appeared recently', 'an excellent and ground breaking work', 'described in great detail', 'remarkable book', 'this great and important military and maritime story - which he tells very well', 'good looking and man sized book' with 'stunning photographs' --Navy News, by Prof. Eric Grove.

'Rees writes well and his narrative flows' with 'Clarity of delivery', 'a stimulating and revealing tract', 'fascinating and detailed accounts' --'The Croaker', by M.J.A.

'remarkable book', 'this great and important military and maritime story - which he tells very well', 'good looking and man sized book' with 'stunning photographs' --Globe and Laurel The Royal Marines Magazine by G.A.D

When a small group of ten men in five canoes was dropped off by submarine 105 land miles from the inland port of Bordeaux in December 1942, little did they know that they and the canoes they used would become legend in British Military history. After five nights of paddling to get to Bordeaux, the men laid limpit mines on a series of German ships, sinking one and seriously damaging others. These men became the Cockleshell heroes, named after the ‘Cockle’ canoes they sailed in.

But the story of the Cockleshells is more than that of these ten men, all but two of whom died in what was deemed an impossible mission. Over 4,000 canoes were made and the contribution they made to the war was immense, but has remained untold until now.

In this new work, Quentin Rees, lucky owner of two of the Cockles, tells the story of the development and use of these ‘Most Secret’ weapons of war, the military canoe, from Combined Operations to SOE.

This Kindle edition contains 150 black and white illustrations

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• ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0087QOVBI
• Editora ‏ : ‎ Amberley Publishing (30 maio 2012)
• Idioma ‏ : ‎ Inglês
• Tamanho do arquivo ‏ : ‎ 13273 KB
• Leitura de texto ‏ : ‎ Habilitado
• Leitor de tela ‏ : ‎ Compatível
• Configuração de fonte ‏ : ‎ Habilitado
• X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Não habilitado
• Dicas de vocabulário ‏ : ‎ Habilitado
• Número de páginas ‏ : ‎ 392 páginas

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