The Greatest Raid

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A dramatic and colourful new account of the most daring British commando raid of World War TwoIn the darkest months of the WW2, Churchill approved what seemed to many like a suicide mission. Under orders to attack the St Nazaire U-boat base, British commandos undertook "the greatest raid of all", converting an old destroyer into a live bomb and using it to ram the gates of a Nazi stronghold. Five Victoria Crosses were awarded as part of this raid -- more than in any similar operation.Drawing on survivors' unpublished accounts and the astonished reactions of French civilians and occupying German forces, Operation Chariot recreates in cinematic detail the hours in which the "Charioteers" fought and died. From Lt Stuart Chant -- his boots filled with blood -- setting the fuses with a mere 90 seconds to escape, to the epic solo reconnaissance of the legendary Lt Micky Burn, Giles Whittell unearths the untold human stories of Operation Chariot, revealing it to be a fundamentally misconceived raid whose legacy was secured by immense luck and astonishing bravery.