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Cockleshell Commando: the Memoirs Of Bill Sparks

Cockleshell Commando: the Memoirs Of By Bill Sparks

Cockleshell Commando: the Memoirs Of by Bill Sparks


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This is the remarkable story of the only surviving Cockleshell Hero. The German report into the raid has never been published before. This book is a lively no-nonsense memoir of a decorated and high profile soldier.

Cockleshell Commando: the Memoirs Of Summary

Cockleshell Commando: the Memoirs Of by Bill Sparks

One of only two survivors of the famous Cockleshell Hero raid, Bill Sparks' war and post-war career has never before been told in full. In this gripping book, he describes not only his part in Operation FRANKTON, the daring Gironde raid, and his escape back to Britain, but how he fought with the Greek Sacred Squadron thereafter. Operating in small groups they raided and liberated islands in the Aegean Sea. After the war, bored with life as a bus driver, he joined the Malayan Police and saw action aplenty during the Emergency. Always something of a military maverick, Bill's memoir is truly action-packed. The book benefits from the inclusion of the official German investigation report into the Cockleshell Raid.

About Bill Sparks

Bill Sparks is an author and historian.

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GOR005198348
9781844158942
1844158942
Cockleshell Commando: the Memoirs Of by Bill Sparks
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
2009-03-19
224
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