Midget Submarine Commander : The Life of Rear Admiral Godfrey Place VC
by Watkins, Paul
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About This Item
Barnsley: Pen and Sword, 2012. 1st edition. As New. octavo. dust jacket xii + 244pp., b/w plates, notes, appends., bibliog., index, Of all the acts of gallantry in WW2 few were as audacious as the attack by midget submarines on the pride of the German fleet, the battleship Tirpitz, lying in her fortified mooring in a Norwegian fjord. Lieutenant Godfrey Place was in command of submarine X7 in September 1943 and travelled over 1000 miles, negotiating minefields and antisubmarine nets to accurately place four tons of high explosive under the hull of the Tirpitz. He was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1944, at the age of 22.
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- Andrew Barnes Booksellers (AU)
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- Title
- Midget Submarine Commander : The Life of Rear Admiral Godfrey Place VC
- Author
- Watkins, Paul
- Book Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- Pen and Sword
- Place of Publication
- Barnsley
- Date Published
- 2012
- Size
- octavo
- Bookseller catalogs
- WW2 Naval;
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