Re: HMS Campbeltown and the St. Nazaire raid

Michael Blair wrote:
>the St. Nazaire port. She was use to ram the gates to the drydock at
St. 
>Nazaire and then the explosives on board would be detonated, destroying

>the gates and rendering the drydock useless so that German capital
ships 
>could not be repaired there, forcing them to use other ports less 
>convenient to the Atlantic.

St. Nazaire was the only port on the French Atlantic coast that could
handle the Tirpitz (sister ship of the Bismarck). Disabling the dock
would
restrict the Tirpitz to Norwegian ports.

Avalon Hill published a nice solitaire boardgame on this raid,
appropriately called _The Raid on St. Nazaire_. You play the part of the
British commandos, try to destroy as many targets as possible before the
German defenders are fully mobilized.

Edmund Hon						 
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