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Operation Jubilee
- Dieppe, 1942: The Folly and the Sacrifice
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
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Operation Jubilee
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Publisher's Summary
In the tradition of Ben Macintyre, Tim Cook, and other best-selling World War Two historians, a riveting and updated telling of the tragic Dieppe raid of 1942.
On the moonless night of August 18, 1942, a flotilla pushes out into the flat water of the Channel. They are to seize the German-held port of Dieppe and hold it for at least 24 hours, showing the Soviets the Allies were serious about a second front and to get experience ahead of a full-scale invasion. But confidence turned to carnage with nearly two thirds of the attackers dead, wounded, or captured. The raid—the Royal Air Force's biggest battle since 1940—was both a disaster and a milestone in the narrative of the war. It was cited as essential to D-Day, but the tragedy was all too predictable.
Using firsthand testimony and highlighting recently declassified source material from archives across several countries, best-selling author Patrick Bishop's account of this doomed endeavor reveals the big picture and unearths telling details that fully bring Operation Jubilee to life for the first time.
What the critics say
“Patrick Bishop’s well-researched, crisply written and utterly absorbing account of the Dieppe raid tells a story of heroism and futility that will live for the reader long afterwards. Operation Jubilee was all the more tragic for having been entirely avoidable, in ways reasons that Bishop sets out powerfully, unflinchingly and unanswerably.” (Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny)
“Riveting and powerfully written. Patrick Bishop has turned this tragic cautionary tale into a fascinating, shrewd and timely reflection on leadership in a time of crisis, and what can happen to personal ambition in the fevered atmosphere of war.” (Henry Hemming, author of Our Man in New York)
“Operation Jubilee is written with verve and knowledge, and with the author’s trademark style of integrating eyewitness accounts with insight into the human condition in battle. It draws upon new evidence and provides a new perspective on the French civilians. Recommended reading.” (Tim Cook, author of The Fight for History)
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- 2022-04-06
High quality research hands-down.
Recommend this audiobook. Other recent historiographical works are those by David O'Keefe; also Mark Zuehlke.
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