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Part of the prestigious FIELDS OF BATTLE series, edited and with an introduction by Richard Holmes. A concise and readable account of one of the most famous actions of the Second World War. Illustrated in colour with specially commissioned maps and photographs

About the Author

AD Harvey was educated at St. John's College Oxford and University (now Wolfson) College Cambridge. As well as contributing articles to RUSI Journal and Air Power History, he is author of Collision of Empires: Britain in Three World Wars 1793-1945 (1996) and A Muse of Fire: Literature, Art and War (1998).