Churchill's last wartime secret : the 1943 German raid airbrushed from history
Searle, Adrian, 1949-2016
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It's been a state secret for more than 70 years: the official line in the UK has always been that it never happened - but this book challenges the assertion that no German force set foot on British soil during World War Two (the Channel Islands excepted), on active military service. Adrian Searle reveals the remarkable story of a mid-war seaborne enemy raid on an Isle of Wight radar station. He describes the purpose and scope of the attack, the composition of the raiding German force and how it was immediately, and understandably, 'hushed-up' by Winston Churchill's wartime administration, in order to safeguard public morale.
Main title:
Author:
Searle, Adrian, 1949-, author
Imprint:
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2016.
Collation:
x, 180 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes QR code.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781473823815 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.5421228940.5421940.5940.542
LC class:
D760.8
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1768777