Raiders, Ross Kemp
Raiders, Ross Kemp
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Raiders
World War Two True Stories

Author: Ross Kemp

Narrator: Mark Meadows

Unabridged: 7 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: RH AudioGo

Published: 10/25/2012


Synopsis

Six raids that changed the course of history.

Operation Judgement: one of the most spectacular efforts of World War Two, where obsolete British biplanes attacked the Italian fleet in Taranto.

Operation Archery: the first true combined operation carried out by all three British forces. THis successful raid persuaded Hitler that the Allies were planning a full scale invasion.

Operation Biting: a cross-Channel raid into France that was the first major attack by the British Airborne Division and its first battle honour.

Operation Gunnerside: a dramatic demolition assault on Hitler's atomic bomb plant in Norway.

Operation Chariot: 'the greatest raid of all': the British amphibious attack on the Normandie dry dock at St Nazaire in German-occupied France.

Operation Deadstick: the story of the first Allies into the fray on D-Day, tasked with seizing and holding two bridges to prevent an armoured German counter-attack.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ishmael on October 09, 2018

The book re-tells the stories of six of Britain's WWII small scale operations, ones that although not huge in terms of number of soldiers or length of battle had considerably greater consequences that at first would be thought. The problem with the book is partly Mr Kemp's style (or perhaps that of h......more

Goodreads review by Book Grocer on September 21, 2020

Purchase Raiders here for just $8! Ross Kemp really made the history come alive with the detailed research, down to the nicknames for key soldiers involved in these raids. A enjoyable book that was easy to read. Alicia, The Book Grocer......more

Goodreads review by coli james campbell on February 15, 2020

i rearly enjoyed this book the detail was great and the story well told......more

Goodreads review by Franco on January 24, 2020

Good Language is at times dated reflecting the period it was produced. Kemp 's writing has a .trim style . Good account of Royal Navy 's tough early days in......more

Goodreads review by MR PAUL SPENCER on September 18, 2018

Gripping Read A really well written book very factual and informative i could not stop reading out. The facts regarding the importance of the fleet are brought to life in this book.......more


Quotes

Ross is a warrior-writer supreme Sun