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They Smiled - Then the Destroyer Blew the Giant Dry Dock to Pieces
They Smiled - Then the Destroyer Blew the Giant Dry Dock to Pieces
Fear of a single ship paralysing the Atlantic drove a tiny force to attempt the impossible: a destroyer loaded with explosives rammed a sea gate at 19 knots and put the largest dry dock on the Atlantic coast out of service for six years - but who accepted the odds and why would they sail a ghost ship into a fortress?
In this episode, you will hear the story of Operation Chariot and how a converted destroyer was used to destroy the Normandie dry dock at Saint-Nazaire; we follow the decision-making, the defences in place, and…
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