The Greatest Raid: St Nazaire, 1942: The Heroic Story of Operation Chariot

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Campaign Diary March 1942". Royal Air Force. Archived from the original on 6 July 2007 . Retrieved 7 August 2010. At its peak, the camp held 8,000American soldiers (along with a small number of soldiers and civilians from other nations including the United Kingdom, Norway, and the Netherlands), making it the largest POW camp in the Philippines. [22] [23] This number dropped significantly as able-bodied soldiers were shipped to other areas in the Philippines, Japan, Japanese-occupied Taiwan, and Manchukuo to work in slave labor camps. As Japan had not ratified the Geneva Convention, the POWs were transported out of the camp and forced to work in factories to build Japanese weaponry, unload ships, and repair airfields. [24] [25] Parkinson, James W.; Benson, Lee (2006). Soldier Slaves: Abandoned by the White House, Courts, and Congress. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-204-0.

Just before the Campbeltown exploded, Sam Beattie was being interrogated by a German naval officer who was saying that it wouldn't take very long to repair the damage the Campbeltown has caused. Just at that moment, she went up. Beattie smiled at the officer and said, 'We're not quite as foolish as you think!' [73] The film showcases the efforts of American soldiers and the Filipino resistance guerrilla, rescuing Allied prisoners of war from a Japanese POW camp. HMS ML 443 (ML 443) of the Royal Navy - British Motor Launch of the Fairmile B class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net . Retrieved 18 November 2022. The convoy reached a position 65 nautical miles (120km; 75mi) off St Nazaire at 21:00 and changed course toward the estuary, leaving Atherstone and Tynedale as a sea patrol. [37] The convoy adopted a new formation with the MGB and two torpedo MLs in the lead, followed by Campbeltown. The rest of the MLs formed two columns on either side and astern of the destroyer, with the MTB bringing up the rear. [38] The first casualty of the raid was ML 341, which had developed engine trouble and was abandoned. At 22:00 the submarine Sturgeon directed her navigation beacon out to sea to guide the convoy in. At about the same time Campbeltown raised the German naval ensign in an attempt to deceive any German lookouts into thinking she was a German destroyer. [29]

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Join Giles Whittell in conversation with Dr Glyn Prysor for the launch of his new book, which recounts the story of Operation Chariot. Alexander, Larry (2009). Shadows in the Jungle: The Alamo Scouts Behind Japanese Lines in World War II. Penguin Group. ISBN 978-0-451-22593-1. Arthur, Max (2004). Forgotten Voices of the Second World War (2005ed.). London: Ebury Press. p.187. ISBN 0091897351. A new HMS Campbeltown, a Type 22 frigate, was launched on 7 October 1987. [82] She carried the ship's bell from the first Campbeltown, which had been rescued during the raid and been presented to the town of Campbelltown, Pennsylvania, US at the end of the Second World War. In 1988 the people of Campbelltown voted to lend the bell to the new ship for as long as she remained in Royal Navy service. [83]

Throughout the film, the viewpoint switches between the POWs at Cabanatuan, the Rangers, the Filipino resistance and the Japanese. [ citation needed] Zaloga, Stephen J (2007). The Atlantic Wall: France. Vol.I. Oxford: Osprey. ISBN 978-1-84603-129-8. The movie was shot in 2002 but it was pulled from its original 2003 release schedule on several occasions. It was finally released in August 2005, by Miramax Films, which coincided with the formal departure of co-founders Bob and Harvey Weinstein from the company. [ citation needed] King, Michael J. (1985). Rangers: Selected Combat Operations in World War II. DIANE Publishing. ISBN 1-4289-1576-1.