{"product_id":"the-greatest-raid-st-nazaire-1942-9780197627907","title":"The Greatest Raid: St. Nazaire, 1942","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe definitive account of one of the most desperately heroic missions launched during World War Two. \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn March 1942, at perhaps the darkest moment of World War Two for the Allies, Britain launched a nearly suicidal raid on the Nazi-occupied French port of St. Nazaire, which the German Navy was using as a dry dock for ship repairs (the \u003cem\u003eTirpitz\u003c\/em\u003e, the sister ship of the \u003cem\u003eBismarck\u003c\/em\u003e, was scheduled for\u003cbr\u003erepairs there). Destroying it would hinder the U-boat campaign and force German ships to return hundreds of miles to home ports. The plan was for British commandos to attack the port and simultaneously to use an explosives-laden, American-built ship dating from World War One, the \u003cem\u003eCampbelltown\u003c\/em\u003e, as a\u003cbr\u003egigantic torpedo, launching it into the docks. The first element of Operation \u003cem\u003eChariot \u003c\/em\u003ewent disastrously. The second proved spectacularly successful. The detonation of the \u003cem\u003eCampbellown\u003c\/em\u003e put the St. Nazaire dry dock out of commission for the war's duration. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo be published on the 80th anniversary, Giles Whittell's book will offer the definitive account of the raid, which was undertaken by Royal Navy and British commandos, most of whom were killed or captured. \u003cem\u003eThe Greatest Raid\u003c\/em\u003e provides a gripping and authoritative narrative of one of the most daring\u003cbr\u003emilitary operations ever undertaken.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197627907\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296","brand":"Giles Whittell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41635451535541,"sku":"9780197627907","price":31.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_cb7c52af-6411-4426-9034-aed6fae7420e.jpg?v=1645501295","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-greatest-raid-st-nazaire-1942-9780197627907","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}