Raid on St. Nazaire (Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II. Battle Book #14) by Mason, David - 1970

UK: Macdonald, 1970. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. introduction by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Newman VC, OBE, and bibliography. The text is illustrated with numerous black and white contemporary photographs and maps. Photographic front cover, showing the Tirpitz destroyed, with black and white titles to the The operation was a brilliant success. The dock remained out of action for the rest of the war, and the Tirpitz was denied the waters of the Atlantic. The most important was the effect on Frenchman's spirits. As the Prime Minister told surviving Raiders five years later: "You were the first to give us hope." " -- from the rear panel blurb. . Part of the Purnell's History of the Second World War, Battle Book, number 14