A too-subjective and puffed-out tale about a daring mission and the (more interesting) politics around it.
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a review of The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II
★★☆☆☆ I've read about the Greatest Rescue Mission of WWII (Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission), and this mission, sadly, doesn't live up. Neither does the book….
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Operation Chariot.
The greatest raid of all. 600 men in what was effectively a suicide mission. Probably the only battle where a Victoria Cross has been awarded on the recommendation of the enemy.
Now THAT’S worth reading.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chariot
Certainly an impressive action (though I was referring to just rescue operations, not military raids).
Any particular books about it you’d recommend?