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Run The Gauntlet

The Channel Dash 1942

Ken Ford author Howard Gerrard illustrator Alan Gilliland illustrator Paul Wright illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:20th Feb '12

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A detailed analysis of the Channel Dash – one of the most audacious naval operations of WWII – in which German ships ran the gauntlet of British coastal defences in an effort to reach the safety of their home ports.

"Run the Gauntlet: The Channel Dash 1942".In February 1942, three of the major ships of the German surface fleet – the battle-cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen – stormed out of the harbour at Brest on a dramatic voyage back to Germany. Passing through the straights of Dover, the ships faced everything the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy could throw at them. In a dramatic running fight, the ships managed to sail right under the nose of history's greatest maritime nation to reach the safety of Germany. The brilliantly executed operation brought great humiliation to the British – Hitler, who had developed the plan, had judged perfectly the reaction of the British command to the Channel Dash. This book tells the complete story of this great race, from the planning through to the repercussions of this unique Germany victory.

ISBN: 9781849085700

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 305g

80 pages