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The Real X-Men - The Heroic Story of the Underwater War 1942-1945 (Paperback)
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The Real X-Men - The Heroic Story of the Underwater War 1942-1945 (Paperback)
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Loot Price R371
Discovery Miles 3 710
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The thrilling and true story of the development and operational
deployment of human torpedoes - 'Chariots' - and 'X-craft' midget
submarines in British naval service during WWII, and of the
extraordinary men who crewed these dangerous vessels. The commando
frogmen who rode the Chariots and operated as divers from the
X-craft were the forerunners of today's Special Boat Service, the
SBS. Their aim was to attach an explosive charge underneath an
enemy ship to destroy the vessel. Their hope was to return to their
submarine unscathed. The Real X-Men tells the story of the
sacrifice and heroism of the individual men, many of them little
more than teenagers, who volunteered for this dangerous duty and
who crewed both the Chariots and the X-craft without knowing the
full extent of the risks entailed, nor indeed the very small
chances they had of coming back alive.
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