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"At the beginning of 1942, the Tirpitz, the heaviest battleship ever built by a European navy was on the cusp of breaking out into the north Atlantic. The prospect of a huge German battleship patrolling the Atlantic posed a grave threat to the convoys that served as the lifeline for an embattled Britain. After attempted bombing raids failed, a new and far more daring plan was created; to ram a battleship loaded with explosives into St. Nazaire, the only dry dock capable of supporting this unstoppable juggernaut. This volume in the Casemate Illustrated series gives a clear overview of the planning and execution of the raid and its aftermath, accompanied by 125 photographs and images, including colour profiles and maps. AUTHOR: Journalist, author of 15 books, many about the Second World War, Jean-Charles Stasi has been working on ""Commando Kieffer"" since 1994, the year during which he covered the 50th anniversary of D-Day."

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I do not hesitate to recommend this excellent reference work to all with an interest in military history. * Scale Military Modelling International Magazine * Details all the plans as well as a good selection of archive images from the time [and] there are also some excellent colour profile artworks... An excellent and interesting book. * Military Model Scene * Handy for naval modellers... plenty of colour profiles and 4 by 4 images ... the main feature of the illustrated series [are the] unpublished and completely new images. * DetailScaleView *

Details all the plans as well as a good selection of archive images from the time [and] there are also some excellent colour profile artworks... An excellent and interesting book. * Military Model Scene * Handy for naval modellers... plenty of colour profiles and 4 by 4 images ... the main feature of the illustrated series [are the] unpublished and completely new images. * DetailScaleView *

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"Journalist, author of 15 books, many about the Second World War, Jean-Charles Stasi has been working on ""Commando Kieffer"" since 1994, the year during which he covered the 50th anniversary of D-Day."

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