Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942 Max Hastings
Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst
Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis
- Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
- Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
- Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
- Opsig når som helst
Operation Biting: The 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitler's Radar
- Af
- Med
- Forlag
In this enthralling history, internationally bestselling author Max Hastings recounts the odds-defying Operation Biting, a 1942 parachute commando raid on Northern France to steal vital components of German intelligence—one of the most thrilling British commando raids of World War II, and one of the most successful.
In February 1942, RAF intelligence was baffled by a newly identified radar network on the coast of Nazi-occupied Europe, codenamed Würzburg. British intelligence proposed an assault to capture key components. Incredibly brave agents of the French Resistance risked their lives to probe the German defenses on the Normandy coast. Then a company of Airborne forces were dropped into France in the dead of night amid heavy snow. Launching their attack, the allied soldiers dismantled the German’s radar, and after three nail-biting hours and a fierce battle with Wehrmacht defenders, escaped in the nick of time using landing-craft that carried them back across the stormy seas to Portsmouth.
Operation Biting retells this dramatic operation through a gallery of amazing characters from Winston Churchill, who promoted the raid, to Lord Mountbatten, who commanded Combined Operations, to the brave unsung commandos who fought their way through enemy territory.
A cliffhanger of a story that ratchets the suspense to the last page, Operation Biting sheds new light on an exciting and little-known chapter of the Second World War.
Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
© 2024 Harper (Lydbog): 9780063341128
Udgivelsesdato
Lydbog: 8. oktober 2024
Andre kan også lide...
- Sky Warriors: British Airborne Forces in the Second World War Saul David
- Going to the Wars Max Hastings
- Operation Biting: The 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitler’s Radar Max Hastings
- Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front, 1941-1942: Schwerpunkt Robert A. Forczyk
- Operation Chastise: The RAF's Most Brilliant Attack of World War II Max Hastings
- Operation Pedestal: The Fleet that Battled to Malta 1942 Max Hastings
- Bradley: A Biography Alan Axelrod
- Dead Reckoning: The Story of How Johnny Mitchell and His Fighter Pilots Took on Admiral Yamamoto and Avenged Pearl Harbor Dick Lehr
- Tank Battles of the Cold War 1948-1991 Anthony Tucker-Jones
- The Flying Tigers John Toland
- Blood, Dust and Snow: Diaries of a Panzer Commander in Germany and on the Eastern Front Friedrich Sander
- The Force: The Legendary Special Ops Unit and WWII’s Mission Impossible Saul David
- Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944–1945: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 Ian W. Toll
- Sword: D-Day – Trial by Battle Max Hastings
- The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 Rick Atkinson
- Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War William Manchester
- The Secret War: Spies, Ciphers, and Guerrillas, 1939–1945: Spies, Ciphers, and Guerrillas, 1939-1945 Max Hastings
- The Yompers: With 45 Commando in the Falklands War Ian Gardiner
- Westmoreland's War: Reassessing American Strategy in Vietnam Gregory Daddis
- Air Force Blue: The RAF in World War Two – Spearhead of Victory Patrick Bishop
- Battle of the Atlantic: Gauntlet to Victory Ted Barris
- Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front, 1943-1945: Red Steamroller Robert A. Forczyk
- Betrayal in Berlin: The True Story of the Cold War's Most Audacious Espionage Operation Steve Vogel
- The Last Battle: When U.S. and German Soldiers Joined Forces in the Waning Hours of World War II in Europe Stephen Harding
- The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 Rick Atkinson
- Devil Dogs: First In, Last Out – King Company from Guadalcanal to the Shores of Japan Saul David
- From the Realm of a Dying Sun: Volume 2: IV. Ss-Panzerkorps from Budapest to Vienna, December 1944-May 1945 Douglas E. Nash, Sr.
- Death of the Wehrmacht: The German Campaigns of 1942 Robert M. Citino
- Pacific Carrier War: Carrier Combat from Pearl Harbor to Okinawa Mark E. Stille
- Case Red: The Collapse of France Robert Forczyk
- Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage Sherry Sontag
- Chastise: The Dambusters Max Hastings
- The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944 Ian W. Toll
- Decision in Normandy Carlo D’Este
- Landing in Hell: The Pyrrhic Victory of the First Marine Division on Peleliu, 1944 Peter Margaritis
- The Tiger from Poznań Richard Siegert
- Stalking the Red Bear: The True Story of a U.S. Cold War Submarine's Covert Operations Against the Soviet Union Peter Sasgen
- The Cruel Victory: The French Resistance, D-Day and the Battle for the Vercors 1944 Paddy Ashdown
- Countdown to D-Day: The German Perspective Peter Margaritis
- MiG Alley: The US Air Force in Korea, 1950-53 Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
- Bloody Verrières: The I. SS-Panzerkorps Defence of the Verrières-Bourguebus Ridges: Volume 2: The Defeat of Operation Spring and the Battles of Tilly-La-Campagne, 23 July – 5 August 1944 Arthur W. Gullachsen
- The Real Odessa Uki Goñi
- Incredible Victory: The Battle of Midway Walter Lord
- War Beneath the Sea: Submarine Conflict During World War II Peter Padfield
- Six Armies in Normandy: From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris, June 6th–August 25th, 1944 John Keegan
- An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa (1942-1943) Rick Atkinson
- Four Years in the Stonewall Brigade John O. Casler
- Where the Iron Crosses Grow: The Crimea 1941-44 Robert Forczyk
- Turning the Tide: How a Small Band of Allied Sailors Defeated the U-Boats and Won the Battle of the Atlantic Ed Offley
- In Mortal Combat: Korea, 1950–1953 John Toland
- Marine!: The Life of Chesty Puller Burke Davis
- Bloody Sixteen: The USS Oriskany and Air Wing 16 during the Vietnam War Peter Fey
- On a Knife’s Edge: The Ukraine, November 1942–March 1943: The Ukraine, November 1942-March 1943 Prit Buttar
- War on the Eastern Front: The German Soldier in Russia 1941–1945: The German Soldier in Russia 1941-1945 James Lucas
- The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 Rick Atkinson
- The Germans in Normandy Richard Hargreaves
- Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan 1942-1945 Barrett Tillman
- Battleground Prussia: The Assault on Germany’s Eastern Front 1944–45: The Assault on Germany’s Eastern Front 1944-45 Prit Buttar
- The Victors: Eisenhower and His Boys: The Men of World War II Stephen E. Ambrose
- Tin Cans and Greyhounds: The Destroyers that Won Two World Wars Clint Johnson
- Abyss: The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 Max Hastings
- Battle for the Ruhr: The German Army's Final Defeat in the West Derek S. Zumbro
- Merlin: The Power Behind the Spitfire, Mosquito and Lancaster: The Story of the Engine That Won the Battle of Britain and WWII Graham Hoyland
- The United States Navy in World War II: From Pearl Harbor to Okinawa Mark E. Stille
- The Crew: The Story of a Lancaster Bomber Crew David Price
- All Hands Down: The True Story of the Soviet Attack on the USS Scorpion Kenneth Sewell
- Seizing the Enigma: The Race to Break the German U-Boat Codes, 1939–1943 David Kahn
- A Wing and a Prayer: The “Bloody 100th” Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II Harry H. Crosby
- Together We Stand: North Africa 1942–1943: Turning the Tide in the West James Holland
- Four Hours of Fury: The Untold Story of World War II's Largest Airborne Invasion and the Final Push into Nazi Germany James M. Fenelon
- The Mighty Endeavor: American Armed Forces in the European Theater in World War II Charles B. MacDonald
- SBS – Silent Warriors: The Authorised Wartime History Saul David
- The Death of Hitler’s War Machine: The Final Destruction of the Wehrmacht Samuel W. Mitcham Jr.
- The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany Stephen E. Ambrose
- Oswald Boelcke: Germany’s First Fighter Ace and Father of Air Combat BGen R. G. Head
- October Fury Peter A. Huchthausen
- The Battle of North Cape: The Death Ride of the Scharnhorst, 1943 Angus Konstam
- Mosquito Mayhem: de Havilland’s Wooden Wonder in Action in WWII Martin W. Bowman
- The Defeat of the Damned: The Destruction of the Dirlewanger Brigade at the Battle of Ipolysag, December 1944 Douglas E. Nash, Sr.
- On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier Barrett Tillman
- Red Star Against the Swastika: The Story of a Soviet Pilot over the Eastern Front Vasily B. Emelianenko
- From the Realm of a Dying Sun: Volume 1: IV. SS-Panzerkorps and the Battles for Warsaw, July–November 1944 Douglas E. Nash, Sr.
- Killing the Bismarck: Destroying the Pride of Hitler’s Fleet Iain Ballantyne
- Morning Star, Midnight Sun: The Early Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign of World War II August – October 1942: The Early Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign of World War II August–October 1942 Jeffrey R. Cox
- An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa (1942-1943) Rick Atkinson
- Fury and Ice: Greenland, the United States and Germany in World War II Peter Harmsen
- The Phantom Major: The Story of David Stirling and His Desert Command Virginia Cowles
- On a Wing and a Prayer: The Untold Story of the Pion Joshua Levine
- Enterprise: America’s Fightingest Ship and the Men Who Helped Win World War II Barrett Tillman
- Desert Fox: The Storied Military Career of Erwin Rommel Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr.
- Stalingrad David M. Glantz
- Tidal Wave: From Leyte Gulf to Tokyo Bay Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
- Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975 Max Hastings
- Game of Spies: The Secret Agent, the Traitor and the Nazi, Bordeaux 1942-1944 Paddy Ashdown
- Forgotten Fifteenth: The Daring Airmen Who Crippled Hitler’s War Machine Barrett Tillman
- Armageddon: The Battle for Germany 1944-45 Max Hastings
- Case White: The Invasion of Poland 1939 Robert Forczyk
Vælg dit abonnement
Over 600.000 titler
Download og nyd titler offline
Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)
Det er nemt at opsige når som helst
Den mest populære
Premium
For dig som lytter og læser ofte.
129 kr. /måned
7 dage gratis
Eksklusivt indhold hver uge
Fri lytning til podcasts
Ingen binding
Unlimited
For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.
159 kr. /måned
Eksklusivt indhold hver uge
Fri lytning til podcasts
Ingen binding
Family
For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.
Fra 179 kr. /måned
7 dage gratis
Fri lytning til podcasts
Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto
Ingen binding
Dig + 1 familiemedlem2 konti
179 kr. /måned
Flex
For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.
89 kr. /måned
7 dage gratis
Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer
Eksklusivt indhold hver uge
Fri lytning til podcasts
Ingen binding
Sprog og region
Dansk
Danmark
