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Operation Biting - The 1942 Parachute Assault To Capture Hitler's Radar (Paperback) Loot Price: R428
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Operation Biting - The 1942 Parachute Assault To Capture Hitler's Radar (Paperback): Max Hastings

Operation Biting - The 1942 Parachute Assault To Capture Hitler's Radar (Paperback)

Max Hastings

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Operation Biting was one of the most thrilling British commando raids of World War II, and probably the most successful. In February 1942 RAF intelligence was baffled by a newly-identified radar network on the coast of Nazi-occupied Europe, codenamed Würzburg. The brilliant scientist Dr RV Jones proposed an assault to capture key components. The nearest accessible enemy set stood upon a steep cliff at Bruneval in Normandy. Winston Churchill enthused, as did Lord Louis Mountbatten, chief of Combined Operations. A company of the newly-formed Airborne Forces was committed to the operation, which took place on the night of 27/28 February. Amid heavy snow 120 men landed, some of whom were misdropped almost two miles from their objective. They nonetheless launched the assault, dismantled the German radar, and after three nail-biting hours in France and a fierce battle with Wehrmacht defenders, escaped in the nick of time by landing-craft across stormy seas to Portsmouth.

Max Hastings recounts this cliffhanging tale in a wealth of previously unchronicled detail. He portrays its remarkable personalities: the ‘boffin’ RV Jones; the peacock Mountbatten; the troubled husband of Daphne Du Maurier, Gen. ’Boy’ Browning, who commanded the Airborne Division; ‘Colonel Remy’, the French secret agent whose men reconnoitered Bruneval at mortal risk; Major John Frost, who led the paras into action; Charlie Cox, the little RAF technician who stripped the Würzburg and became an unexpected hero; Wing-Commander Charles Pickard, a legendary bomber pilot who led the drop squadron. Seldom have so many fascinating personalities been brought together to fulfil a mission that became a front-page triumph in a season of British defeats.

Recounted in Hastings’ familiar best-selling blend of top-down and bottom-up action detail, Operation Biting tells a story that has become almost forgotten yet deserves to rank among the epic tales of courage and daring that took place in the greatest conflict in history.

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Imprint: William Collins Publishing
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: July 2024
Authors: Max Hastings
Dimensions: 234 x 153 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 978-0-00-864217-4
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history
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LSN: 0-00-864217-6
Barcode: 9780008642174

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