Cockleshell heroes : a secret commando operation in Bordeaux (1942) !

Have you ever heard of "Operation Frankton", a crazy commando operation carried out in December 1942 on the Gironde estuary!
❤ Watch this video to get to know the heroes of Operation Frankton
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➜ WHAT YOU WILL FIND IN THIS VIDEO :
A summary of Operation Frankton, a covert commando operation conducted by British forces in December 1942 to sabotage the Nazi blockade breakers in the then occupied port of Bordeaux.
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➜ CREDIT PHOTOS AND ILLUSTRATIONS :
▶ Map images: theroyalmarinescharity.org.uk/
▶ Photo Forceur de Blocus : C-Royan.com
▶ Photos ©BordeauxCognacTourGuide for all monuments
▶ Geoportail
➜ MY SOURCES :
▶ Various historical conferences when it was still possible
▶ resistancefrancaise.blogspot.c...
▶ Phillips' book based on Hasler's memoirs (1957)
➜ TO GO FURTHER:
▶ memory trail: www.cheminsdememoire.gouv.fr/...
▶ Invisible Bordeaux's blog post mentioned in the video: invisiblebordeaux.blogspot.co...
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Merci à vous d'avoir regardé. ☺️ N'oubliez pas l'année prochaine nous célèbrerons le 80° anniversaire de cette opération héroïque !