Quentin Rees: 2 books

Book cover of The Cockleshell Canoes

The Cockleshell Canoes

British Military Canoes of World War Two

by Quentin Rees
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2008

Used most famously in December 1942, when a small group of ten men in five canoes were dropped off by submarine 80 miles from the inland port of Bordeaux. Taking a couple of days to get to Bordeaux, the men laid limpit mines on a series of German ships, sinking one and seriously damaging others. These...
Book cover of Cockleshell Heroes

Cockleshell Heroes

The Definitive History 75th Anniversary

by Quentin Rees
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2010

This is the definitive account of a mission thought to be an impossible one. A powerful depiction, an astounding tale of courage and bravery by men and women of both Britain and France one which is graphic in its telling. This is the complete no holds barred record, a deeply researched, highly detailed,...
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