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Courage of 10,000,
By Lee Armstrong (Winterville, NC United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Dress Rehearsal - The Story Of Dieppe (Paperback)
In 1943, Quentin Reynolds wrote this mostly nonfictional account of the British/Canadian Raid on Dieppe, France. Reynolds was a correspondent for Colliers Magazine covering the war. Hitler's forces occupied France. The assault on Dieppe was a dress rehearsal for what would later be the Allied invasion at Normandy to establish a permanent invasion of Europe. He outlines how the raid was designed to get Germany to withdraw military hardware from Russia to enable the battle on that front. Reynolds writes the book with numerous anecdotes about getting the job by buttering up contacts with pork chops and brandy. He gets an interview from General Mountbatten, Commander Combined Operations. Once on the ship, Reynolds writes intensely about navigating through the mined waters of the British Channel on board the destroyer Calpe. The personalities of the commanders are vividly portrayed as well as many of the men he encountered on the ship. Some of the names are fictionalized and some information such as on troop strength is left out to avoid giving too much information to the Germans during the conflict. The account of the battle, the interfacing of air coverage with ground assault, and then the harried retreat after some of the objectives were accomplished is gripping. We experience bombs going off on and near the ship, German aerial attacks, and water rushing into the galley. One attack comes as Reynolds is in a room with four other men. When the dust clears, he is the only one alive. Several chapters detail what were then new methods of plastic surgery and prosthetic limbs for the forces. The book is certainly a timepiece, but it highlights the courage of the 10,000 men sent to battle and the approximately one-third casualty rate. It is an interesting read of military nonfiction. Enjoy!
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The Story of Dieppe, Dress Rehearsal, General Eisenhower, Joe Crowther, New York, Combined Operations, Wing Commander, General Roberts, Drew Middleton, Billy Conn, Lord Louis, Air Commodore Cole, Eagle Squadron, War Office, Red Beach, Jock Lawrence, Colonel Hillsinger, Queen Mary, General Spaatz, Sidi Omar, American Rangers, North African, Vice Admiral, Hail Mary Browse Sample Pages:
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The Story of Dieppe, Dress Rehearsal, General Eisenhower, Joe Crowther, New York, Combined Operations, Wing Commander, General Roberts, Drew Middleton, Billy Conn, Lord Louis, Air Commodore Cole, Eagle Squadron, War Office, Red Beach, Jock Lawrence, Colonel Hillsinger, Queen Mary, General Spaatz, Sidi Omar, American Rangers, North African, Vice Admiral, Hail Mary Browse Sample Pages:
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