Striking Back: Britain's Airborne & Commando Raids 1940-42

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ISBN: 9781906033255 | 1906033250
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Copyright: 3/19/2009

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Contents	p. iii
List of Maps	p. xi
Glossary	p. xiii
Foreword	p. xv
Preface	p. 17
The Seeds of Despair	p. 19
Airborne Initiatives	p. 41
11th SAS Battalion go into Action	p. 56
On the Run	p. 80
Striking from the Sea	p. 107
The Latter Part of 1941	p. 120
Operation Archery	p. 130
Bomber Command and the Radar War 1939-1942	p. 163
The Road to Northern France	p. 172
Enter Jock Company	p. 183
Off at Last	p. 203
The End of the Beginning	p. 233
Documents relating to the creation of the Commandos	p. 290
Personnel involved in Operation Colossus	p. 295
Decorations Awarded to The Men of X Troop	p. 296
The Experiences of a RAF aircrew on Operation Colossus	p. 297
Harry Pexton recalls some of the training in late 1940 with No 2 Commando before volunteering for Operation Colossus	p. 300
Miscellaneous reports on Operation Colossus	p. 302
Royal Navy reports regarding Operation Claymore	p. 317
Report on Operation Claymore by Brigadier J C Haydon DSO OBE, Commanding Special Service Brigade	p. 325
Report from No 4 Commando Operation Claymore	p. 333
Naval & Military Reports relating to Operation Archery	p. 336
Selected Medal Citations for Operation Archery	p. 347
RAF losses on Operation Archery	p. 349
Report on Operation Archery by Lieutenant-Commander A de Costabadie DSC RN	p. 352
Operation Anklet Report from No 12 Commando	p. 356
Brief notes on Gee, Oboe and H2S	p. 358
Memo calling for more volunteers for Air Service Battalions	p. 362
Operational Order for Operation Biting, Major J D Frost, Commanding C Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion	p. 364
Operation Biting - composition of parachute parties	p. 370
Reports from 181st (Airborne) Field Ambulance RAMC on Operation Biting	p. 374
Miscellaneous Reports and Decorations Awarded from Operation Biting	p. 378
Memories of the Bruneval Raid by Don Preist	p. 385
Reports from two Prisoners of War taken on the raid after interrogation back in England	p. 389
Appendix to Report by Commander, The Airborne Division on 'Biting'	p. 391
Containers/Stores/Weapons Taken on Operation Biting	p. 393
Attack plan and stores and equipment for Operation Musketoon	p. 398
Kit List, Stores and Nominal Roll for Operation Freshman	p. 402
Complete Nominal Roll for the 'Washington Cup'	p. 406
Report by Lieutenant Colonel M Henniker on Operation Freshman 23rd November 1942	p. 407
Bibliography and Sources	p. 412
Index	p. 415
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