From Dunkirk to D-Day
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From Dunkirk to D-Day

A Commando's War

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From Dunkirk to D-Day

A Commando's War

About this book

Bill Adlam's hair-raising escape from Dunkirk, his dramaticcommando raids and his storming the D-Day beaches reads likefiction. But it all happened. Bill escaped the Dunkirk disaster via a bayonet charge intoNazi machine guns. He was presented with the Military Medal'for gallantry under fire' by King George VI. Later, Bill volunteered forcommandos: he thrived on adrenaline. Number 4 Commando took him to a surgical strike in thenorth of Norway. The stated objective: to destroy oil installations.It was a feint. Ian Fleming of the Secret Intelligence Service hadmasterminded the raid. Its objective: to help break the Enigma Code. Number 4 Commando then sent him on a raid to Dieppe in August 1942 tospike naval guns to enable a landing by Canadian forces. Bill'scommanding officer was Lord Lovat: cousin to Ian Fleming and(allegedly) template for the fictional James Bond. Bill's prowess as a commando saw him headhunted to a top secretlocation in the wilds of Scotland. Here he trained others inthe dark arts of 'butcher and bolt'. On the morning o 6 June 1944, D-Day, Bill passed over the sands of Normandyin minutes. The next two months saw him up against Hitler'selite army and Waffen SS divisions. The reader will ask the same question that Bill asked: howwould he ever come out alive?

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Information

Publisher
Pen and Sword Military
Year
2024
Topic
History
eBook ISBN
9781399035705
Subtopic
Military Biographies
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Book Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Chapter 1 Bill Goes to the Flicks
  7. Chapter 2 ‘This Country is at War with Germany’
  8. Chapter 3 Bill Wins his Military Medal
  9. Chapter 4 The Road to Ledringhem
  10. Chapter 5 The Road to Dunkirk
  11. Chapter 6 The Road to Buckingham Palace
  12. Chapter 7 With the Commandos at Weymouth
  13. Chapter 8 Of Cromwell and Cavalry
  14. Chapter 9 The Road to the Isles
  15. Chapter 10 Lofoten, Here We Come! Operation Claymore
  16. Chapter 11 Bill Sets Foot on Enemy Territory
  17. Chapter 12 Bill’s Raid is Reported to the Führer
  18. Chapter 13 What Adolf Hitler and Bill Adlam Did Not Know
  19. Chapter 14 Operation Pilgrim – Bill Goes to Africa
  20. Chapter 15 Under Starters Orders
  21. Chapter 16 Dieppe – Operation Cauldron
  22. Plates
  23. Chapter 17 Adolf Hitler’s View of the Dieppe Raid
  24. Chapter 18 Apotheosis and Beyond!
  25. Chapter 19 The Road to Achnacarry
  26. Chapter 20 The Dark Mile, the Death Slide and the Opposed Landing
  27. Chapter 21 The Achnacarry High Period
  28. Chapter 22 The Road to D-Day
  29. Chapter 23 Embarkation for D-Day
  30. Chapter 24 A Trip across the Channel – Operation Neptune
  31. Chapter 25 Adolf Hitler Responds to the Normandy Invasion
  32. Chapter 26 D Day: Bill Adlam Wades Ashore
  33. Chapter 27 The Road to Bayeux
  34. Chapter 28 Bayeux
  35. Chapter 29 The Road to Tilly – Operation Perch
  36. Chapter 30 The Road to Caen – Operations Bluecoat and Charnwood
  37. Chapter 31 The Road to La Mailleraye and Endgame
  38. Epilogue
  39. Acknowledgements
  40. Select Bibliography
  41. About the Authors
  42. Backcover

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