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  • The Greatest Raid of All

  • Operation Chariot and the Mission to Destroy the Normandie Dock at St Nazaire
  • By: C.E. Lucas Phillips
  • Narrated by: Stewart Crank
  • Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (10 ratings)

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The Greatest Raid of All

By: C.E. Lucas Phillips
Narrated by: Stewart Crank
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A vivid account of the famous St Nazaire Raid that demonstrates the sheer bravery of the British Commandos and the Royal Navy. A must-listen for fans of James Holland, Ant Middleton, and Cornelius Ryan.

St Nazaire, 1.22 a.m. 28th March 1942.

HMS Cambeltown, supported by seventeen wooden motor launches, approached the German-held port intending to smash into the lock gates of the largest dock in the world; the Normandie Dock-Operation Chariot was in full swing.

Against vicious Nazi gunfire, the commandos stormed the docks, and within half an hour, succeeded in their chief demolition objectives, but in the heat of battle, the Royal Navy had lost nearly all of its small vessels intended to carry them back to England. With their route home closed off, the men were forced to fight through the town in a bid to escape German forces.

C. E. Lucas Phillips' The Greatest Raid of All draws upon numerous British, French, and German eyewitness reports to uncover the astounding true story of one of the most daring attacks of World War Two in which no fewer than five Victoria Crosses were awarded.

©1958 The Estate of C.E. Lucas Phillips (P)2022 Tantor
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Interesting but labored

Narration is acceptably clear.

Story is interesting and would be more exciting if less weighted by excessive minutiae about combatants’names and personal details.

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Top Notch WWII Commando Story

I already knew quite a lot about this story, having years ago played the old Avalon Hill Solitaire Wargame "Raid on St. Nazaire". Like this book, that wargame was also at the squad level, and individually represented most of the actual men that took part in it, their assigned targets such as the Pump House, the Old Mole and the Winding Houses, as well as the approach of the Campbeltown and motor boats under enemy fire.
So it was a pleasure for me to listen to this, as I eagerly heard this detailed retelling of the individual heroics of these very real and heroic men. I thought the narrator's performance was just perfect, with his Patrician British accent and his lively, interested reading. He reads it almost as from memory, as though he had been a member of the team. Stiff upper lip, chaps!



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