ENGLISH

Operation Basalt the British raid on Sark and Hitler's commando order

By Lee , Eric

Book information

Publisher
The History Press
ISBN
9780750968720, 0750968729
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2273650 bytes)
Pages
illustrations (black and white), map (black and wh
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

Operation Basalt was carried out by British commandos on the island of Sark on the night of 3/4 October 1942, intended to serve several purposes. The raid itself was a tactical success: a German prisoner was captured, several more were killed, and all British soldiers returned safely to base. It is remembered because of Hitler's reaction. He ordered: 'In future, all terror and sabotage troops of the British... will be ruthlessly eliminated in battle.' Using the National Archives and the Sark Society archives, Eric Lee tells the Basalt story for the first time. Did the commandos bind and kill unarmed German soldiers?

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