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The Raid on Zeebrugge

The Raid on Zeebrugge
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The Raid on Zeebrugge
Reference : ZG14-19-ZL
Full title : The Raid on Zeebrugge 23 April 1918, as seen through the eyes of Captain Alfred Carpenter, VC
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This book is the fruit of the chance discovery of a series of photographic plates belonging to Alfred Carpenter, who commanded the lead ship, HMS Vindictive, during the raid. These pictures provide us with a unique insight into the daring naval operation. The plates were used by Captain Carpenter as his illustration material during lectures he gave whilst in the United States and Canada in the post war period.

Winston Churchill called the raid on Zeebrugge 'The finest feat of arms of the Great War'. This brief, but bloody, action resulted in the highest number of Victoria Crosses ever awarded for a single action. Approximatively one thousand officers and men of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines stormed the most heavily defended U-Boat base in Occupied Europe. German submarines based in Zeebrugge were responsible for a third of all allied shipping losses during the First World War.

During the Passchendaele Offensive of 1917, the Allies attempted to capture these U-Boat bases by means of a land-based attack. The failure of this Battle of Passchendaele made it clear that a naval assault was the only solution. As a result, on April 1918, a small force of fighting vessels, towing three blockships, set out the North Sea...
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Author : Carl Decaluwé, Tomas Termote
Language : ENGLISH
Publisher : Roularta Books
Collection : -
Publication date : 2015
Genre : historic
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Weight : 980 g
Dimensions (Width / Height / Thickness) : 26,4 x 25,2 x 1,5 cm
Number of pages : 145
Hardcover
EAN : 9781473854314
ISBN : -
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