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85 Bill Turner, POW, and the Cockleshell Heroes, WW2 Commandos
Fighting Through WWII Stories & History
English - August 01, 2022 19:50 - 1 hour - 59.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsHistory Arts Books dunkirk history india ww2 wwii dday secondworldwar war Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
How the Cockleshell Heroes upset Nazi supply lines with canoes!
The Cockleshell Heroes, Operation Frankton, was a commando raid on ships in the German occupied French port of Bordeaux in southwest France
PLUS: How British Royal Fusilier, Bill Turner, survived for 3 years as a German POW. Featured in Episode artwork.
More great unpublished history!
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