Giles Whittell is the author of Bridge of Spies, Spitfire Women of World War II and Snow- A Scientific and Cultural Exploration. He is World Affairs Editor at Tortoise Media, and was previously a writer for The Times in Los Angeles, Moscow, Washington and London.
I loved this book, as I love any good adventure story sublimely
told...This book has the same effect as that drug. It's a
gloriously exciting high, followed by a crushing realisation of
war's enormous waste
*The Times*
Enthralling . . . the heroism on display that night was
unsurpassed, and Whittell is right to call his book The Greatest
Raid
*Mail on Sunday*
Absorbing . . . The extraordinary bravery of the participants
shines out from the narrative
*Sunday Telegraph*
A story of extraordinary courage . . . Without Chariot there might
have been no further raids such as the much larger, and ultimately
disastrous, attack on Dieppe five months later
*Spectator*
A compelling page-turner, the work of a master storyteller. The
drama of the March 1942 operation is cinematic in its sweep and
detail -- and Whittell's detective work on the real reasons for the
raid is extraordinary. It is also beautifully written
*Matthew d'Ancona*
A spellbinding account of one of the most astonishing episodes of
the whole war. Thrilling and tragic in equal measure, it is a story
of self-sacrifice, comradeship and courage on an unimaginable
scale
*Julia Boyd, author of Travellers in the Third Reich*
Churchill called St Nazaire "a deed of glory intimately involved in
high strategy." This vivid and moving book shows why
*David Reynolds, author of Island Stories: An Unconventional
History of Britain*
Giles Whittell's crisp, tight, prose is perfectly suited to record
one of World War 2's great moments of heroism: his journalistic
skills tease apart the flaws in the plan, while expertly bringing
back to life the rich cast of protagonists
*Charles Spencer, author of The White Ship*
World War Two's Operation Chariot against Nazi Germany's battleship
repair facility is the greatest commando raid of all time. So bravo
to Giles Whittell for this meticulously researched and utterly
gripping account of the heroism at St Nazaire. The Greatest Raid
does great justice to its subjects
*Dr Amanda Foreman*
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