Great Raids of World War II

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3:25 PM to 3:55 PM

Tuesday 21 January

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Gordon Corrigan gives an account of the 1942 raid, led by Royal Marine Major Herbert George Hasler, in which 10 'cockleshell heroes' set off in flimsy canoes up the Gironde river to destroy German ships at Bordeaux. Only four men survived the perilous 90-mile journey to reach their intended targets and eight limpet mines were attached to the hulls of six ships. The subsequent explosions stunned an unsuspecting enemy, causing extensive damage, and the mission was deemed a success