Operation Biting: The 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitlers Radar

The Sunday Times #1 Bestsellera Times Best History Book Of The Year; A Waterstones Best Book Of The YearReads Like A Thriller I CouldnT Put Max HastingsS New Book Down Daily MailHastings Is A Master Of Drama, A Writer Intimately Familiar With The Mind Of The Soldier The Timesoperation Biting Was One Of The Most Thrilling British Commando Raids Of World War Ii, And Probably The Most Successful. In February 1942 Raf Intelligence Was Baffled By A NewlyIdentified Radar Network On The Coast Of NaziOccupied Europe, Codenamed Wrzburg. The Brilliant Scientist Dr Rv Jones Proposed An Assault To Capture Key Components. The Nearest Accessible Enemy Set Stood Upon A Steep Cliff At Bruneval In Normandy. Winston Churchill Enthused, As Did Lord Louis Mountbatten, Chief Of Combined Operations. A Company Of The NewlyFormed Airborne Forces Was Committed To The Operation, Which Took Place On The Night Of 27/28 February. Amid Heavy Snow 120 Men Landed, Some Of Whom Were Misdropped Almost Two Miles From Their Objective. They Nonetheless Launched The Assault, Dismantled The German Radar, And After Three NailBiting Hours In France And A Fierce Battle With Wehrmacht Defenders, Escaped In The Nick Of Time By LandingCraft Across Stormy Seas To Portsmouth.Max Hastings Recounts This Cliffhanging Tale In A Wealth Of Previously Unchronicled Detail. He Portrays Its Remarkable Personalities: The Boffin Rv Jones; The Peacock Mountbatten; The Troubled Husband Of Daphne Du Maurier, Gen. Boy Browning, Who Commanded The Airborne Division; Colonel Remy, The French Secret Agent Whose Men Reconnoitered Bruneval At Mortal Risk; Major John Frost, Who Led The Paras Into Action; Charlie Cox, The Little Raf Technician Who Stripped The Wrzburg And Became An Unexpected Hero; WingCommander Charles Pickard, A Legendary Bomber Pilot Who Led The Drop Squadron. Seldom Have So Many Fascinating Personalities Been Brought Together To Fulfil A Mission That Became A FrontPage Triumph In A Season Of British Defeats.Recounted In Hastings Familiar BestSelling Blend Of TopDown And BottomUp Action Detail, Operation Biting Tells A Story That Has Become Almost Forgotten Yet Deserves To Rank Among The Epic Tales Of Courage And Daring That Took Place In The Greatest Conflict In History.