{"product_id":"cockleshell-raid-1","title":"Cockleshell Raid","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn the night of December 7, 1942, five canoes were launched off the mouth of the Gironde river, each containing a pair of British commandoes tasked with slipping into the port of Bordeaux and destroying as many of the merchant ships as possible.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnly two of the canoes made it to the target, but it was enough. Five enemy ships were badly damaged in the attack. It then became a game of cat and mouse for the surviving commandoes in their attempt to get back to Britain. Some of the men made it to Gibraltar; others were caught and executed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor Ken Ford gives a blow-by-blow account of one of the most daring raids of World War II, which badly upset the flow of material into Germany, and which gave the British public a much needed victory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":57296703684952,"sku":"9781846036934","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781846036934.jpg?v=1778830245","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/cockleshell-raid-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}