Summary of C. E. Lucas Phillips's The Greatest Raid of All

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#1 The raid on St Nazaire was a success, and the fire in the Forge de l’Ouest continued to burn fiercely. The guns ceased fire, the searchlights were switched off, and an uneasy quiet fell over the town and the estuary. Neither French nor Germans knew that this was mainly due to humanitarian reasons.

#2 On the night of the 28th, some residents of the moonlit Boulevard Wilson, which runs along the seafront from the docks, saw two torpedo boats and a dozen motor launches ride up the estuary. They saw a German Sperrbrecher, moored in the roads, wink an urgent signal lamp to the advancing flotilla.

#3 The French listened to the sounds of explosions and gunfire, which continued for about an hour. The gunfire eventually stopped, but desultory rifle fire was heard in the streets of the town itself. It must be the Tommies.

#4 The raid was the end of Operation Chariot, but for the French it was the beginning of three days of terror and death. The delayed-action results of the raid stampeded the angry and bewildered Germans into a paroxysm of indiscriminate shooting, in which they shot down not only innocent Frenchmen and women, but also their own comrades.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822543676

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Insights on C. E. Lucas Phillips's The Greatest Raid of All

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The raid on St Nazaire was a success, and the fire in the Forge de l’Ouest continued to burn fiercely. The guns ceased fire, the searchlights were switched off, and an uneasy quiet fell over the town and the estuary. Neither French nor Germans knew that this was mainly due to humanitarian reasons.

#2

On the night of the 28th, some residents of the moonlit Boulevard Wilson, which runs along the seafront from the docks, saw two torpedo boats and a dozen motor launches ride up the estuary. They saw a German Sperrbrecher, moored in the roads, wink an urgent signal lamp to the advancing flotilla.

#3

The French listened to the sounds of explosions and gunfire, which continued for about an hour. The gunfire eventually stopped, but desultory rifle fire was heard in the streets of the town itself. It must be the Tommies.

#4

The raid was the end of Operation Chariot, but for the French it was the beginning of three days of terror and death. The delayed-action results of the raid stampeded the angry and bewildered Germans into a paroxysm of indiscriminate shooting, in which they shot down not only innocent Frenchmen and women, but also their own comrades.

#5

The St Nazaire Raid was a difficult and dangerous task that was carried out to block the Normandie Dock, which was a key port for the Germans. It was a deed of glory that was intimately involved in high strategy.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The town of St Nazaire, France, was the site of the dockyard that produced the submarines that were used to transport the German troops to France. It was occupied by the Germans in 1940, and they flew the swastika flag from every ship in harbor.

#2

The port of St Nazaire was of great importance to Germany because it allowed them to ship their submarines to other parts of the world. The town and docks were heavily fortified, and the French defenses were added to by the Germans.

#3

The people of St. Nazaire could see the evidence of the German effort against the one nation that had so long