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The Belgian seaport of Zeebrugge was a vital submarine base for the Germans in World War I. In the spring of 1918, Admiral Roger J. B. Keyes was given the task of stopping the "marauding" submarines - and he set his sights on the port at Zeebrugge. The daunting plan of sealing the harbor by sinking some of their own vessels was entrusted to a group of 700 Royal Marines and 200 Royal Navy seamen.
Noted for its examples of individual heroism, this operation led to as many as eight VCs being awarded. This brilliant and heroic raid on the canal entrance at Zeebrugge is covered here in vivid detail.
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Philip Warner (1914-2000) enlisted in the Royal Corps of Signals after graduating from St Catherine's, Cambridge in 1939. He fought in Malaya and spent 1,100 days as 'a guest of the Emperor' in Changi and on the Railway of Death, an experience he never discussed. He was a legendary figure to generations of cadets during his thirty years as a Senior Lecturer at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. Yet he will arguably be best remembered for his contribution of more than 2,000 obituaries of prominent army figures to The Daily Telegraph.
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- PublisherWordsworth Edition
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 1840222506
- ISBN 13 9781840222500
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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