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Cockleshell Heroes

Discussions about those units who make up the Commando’s.
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I note with interest the comments regarding the latest book by one Quentin Rees, the self proclaimed authority on all things concerning wartime canoeing.

So you can understand I refer you to the following;

http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showthr ... -commandos

I suggest you read the full thread.

Also looking at the Amazon site I find that one person has rubbished every other book about the Cockleshell Heroes, even one written by Bill Sparks!
I find that persons style of writing very similar to another person!

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Perhaps the last time Bill Sparks ever launched from a Submarine and paddled away.

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At 07.00hrs this day in 1942 shipping was attacked in the German occupied port of Bordeaux.

http://www.rma-highlands.org.uk/frankton.htm
Brave men all.

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December 7th 1942.
Ten Royal Marines launched from HMS Tuna.

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Rover wrote:December 7th 1942.
Ten Royal Marines launched from HMS Tuna.
Only Blondie and one other survived.
There was a doc on the History channel which dug up some more intel on Op Frankton.
SOE were running a similar shoreside op that almost ran in to the same shit that the Klepper boys did.
Dreadful lack of comms.Fairly typical of Mountbatten who should have been fired a year previously.
It was never proven that he knew about both operations but if he didn't then all the more reason he should have been fired.
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Good watch.

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