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Barcode34444002740298
StatusChecked Out
Circ StatusDue on 11/4/2024
LibraryBeaver Falls
TitleOperation Biting : the 1942 parachute assault to capture Hitler's radar / Max Hastings.
AuthorHastings, Max, author.
Call No940.5412 Hastings
CollectionNon-Fiction
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940.5412 Hastings Due on 11/4/2024Beaver FallsNon-Fiction   344440027402982024

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9780063341081
International Standard Book Number 0063341085
Personal Name Hastings, Max, author.
Title Statement Operation Biting : the 1942 parachute assault to capture Hitler's radar / Max Hastings.
Imprint New York : HarperCollins, [2024]
Physical Description xx, 362 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages [329]-343) and index.
Formatted Contents Note Reg -- Dickie -- Boy -- Rémy. 1 'The most extraordinary secret agent I ever met'; 2. Bruneval -- Johnny. C Company; Tilshead and Inveraray -- Charlie -- 'Party' planning. 'Pick'; The enemy -- The jump -- Henry -- Junior -- Cook -- The prizegiving. Celebrations; The wheel of fortune.
Summary, Etc. "Operation Biting was one of the most thrilling British special forces raids of World War II, and probably the most successful. In February 1942 RAF intelligence was baffled by a newly identified radar network on the coast of Nazi-occupied Europe, codenamed Würzburg. The brilliant scientist Dr R.V. Jones proposed an assault to capture key components. The nearest accessible enemy set stood upon a steep cliff at Bruneval in Normandy. Amid heavy snow 120 men landed, some of whom were misdropped almost two miles from their objective. They nonetheless launched the assault, dismantled the German radar, and after three nail-biting hours in France and a fierce battle with Wehrmacht defenders, escaped in the nick of time by landing-craft across stormy seas to Portsmouth. Taking us from the War Room to boots-on-the-ground action, and recounted in Hastings's signature bestselling style, Operation Biting tells a story that has become almost forgotten yet deserves to rank among the epic tales of courage and daring that took place in the greatest conflict in history"--Publisher's description.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term World War, 1939-1945.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, British.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term World War, 1939-1945 Radar.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Bruneval Raid, Bruneval, France, 1942.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term World War, 1939-1945 Commando operations.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term World War, 1939-1945 Military intelligence.