Tragedy at Dieppe : Operation Jubilee, August 19, 1942

Zuehlke, Mark 1955- (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781553658351 (hc.)
Physical Description: print
437 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm.
Publisher: Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre, 2012.
Copyright: ©2012

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: A Crescendo of Activity -- Part One: The Twisting Path to Dieppe -- 1. A Boldly Imaginative Group -- 2. For the Sake of Raiding -- 3. A Fantastic Conception -- 4. Of Considerable Difficulty -- 5. Trial and Error -- 6. These Are Anxious Days -- 7. What a Blow! -- Part Two: Rebirth -- 8. A Brainwave -- 9. Fraught with Alarming Warnings -- 10. Our Historic Task -- 11. The Die was Cast -- 12. The Most Remarkable Thing -- Part Three: The Raid -- 13. Good Luck to All of You -- 14. Smash and Grab -- 15. The Real Thing -- 16. Hell of a Fix -- 17. Such a Carnage -- 18. Murderous Crossfire -- 19. A Death Trap -- 20. Situation Pretty Grim -- 21. Pretty Shaky All Around -- 22. Very Heartbreaking -- 23. Sorry, Lads -- Epilogue: Dieppe in Memory