Dieppe 1942
Prelude to D-Day
Ken Ford author Howard Gerrard illustrator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:20th Jun '03
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
A compact, illustrated examination of the Dieppe raid of August 1942: one of the most controversial actions of World War II.
Operation ‘Jubilee’ was a frontal assault on a fortified port landing the latest equipment and armour directly on to the beach. The main force would destroy the port facilities while other smaller landings dealt with anti-aircraft and coastal batteries. The raid itself turned into a fiasco. The assault force was pinned down on the beach and three quarters of the 5,000 troops landed were lost.
Featuring archive photography and full-colour maps, this book analyses the disastrous raid and examines contrasting conclusions drawn by the Allies and the Germans.
ISBN: 9781841766249
Dimensions: 248mm x 184mm x 8mm
Weight: 325g
96 pages