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Operation Jubilee - Dieppe, 1942: The Folly and the Sacrifice (Hardcover)
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Operation Jubilee - Dieppe, 1942: The Folly and the Sacrifice (Hardcover)
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A GRIPPING TALE OF HEROIC FAILURE DURING THE DIEPPE RAID OF 1942
'Patrick Bishop's exemplary account of this wartime fiasco is a
catalogue of blunders such as even our national leaders of today
would find impressive... Bishop tells the sorry story with superb
authority and verve' Max Hastings, Sunday Times 'Patrick Bishop's
well-researched, crisply written and utterly absorbing account of
the Dieppe Raid tells a story of heroism and futility that will
live for the reader long afterwards' Andrew Roberts, author of
Churchill: Walking with Destiny ____________ On the warm night of
18 August 1942, a flotilla pushed out into the flat water of the
Channel. They were to seize the German-held port of Dieppe, destroy
key installations, seize intelligence material and then sail for
home. This was the greatest amphibious operation since Gallipoli,
with the biggest accumulation of fighter power ever assembled. But
by 9am on the day of attack, one of its architects already feared
that the operation would "go down as one of the great failures in
history". Confidence turned to carnage, with nearly two thirds of
the attackers dead, wounded or captured. It was claimed afterwards
by its key players to be essential to D-Day, with the media telling
listeners that it was a success -- but the tragedy was all too
predictable. Using first-hand testimony from combatants and
civilians, forensic analysis of the roles of Mountbatten and
Montgomery, and source material from archives across several
countries, bestselling author Patrick Bishop's gripping account
brings Operation Jubilee powerfully and vividly to life, in an epic
demonstration of how ambition, folly and courage came together in
one of the most tragic episodes of the war. ____________ 'Riveting
and powerfully written. Patrick Bishop has turned this tragic
cautionary tale into a fascinating, shrewd and timely reflection on
leadership in a time of crisis' Henry Hemming, author of Our Man in
New York
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