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By Ken Ford,Howard Gerrard

The raid at the port of St Nazaire in March 1942 by way of a sea-borne job strength from British mixed Operations is still essentially the most bold activities of global struggle II. The port lies on the mouth of the River Loire and in 1942, in addition to a U-Boat base, contained the large 'Normandie' dock, the single facility at the Atlantic coast big enough to house the German pocket battleship Tirpitz. This booklet tells the tale of the raid on St Nazaire that denied using the dock to the Tirpitz, the sister send of the Bismarck, and constituted a vital victory within the conflict of the Atlantic.

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