"Cockleshell Heroes: the truth at last" Topic
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| Tango01 | 27 Apr 2019 3:45 p.m. PST |
"At 7.17 pm on December 7, 1942, His Majesty's Submarine Tuna surfaced off the coast of Occupied France near the mouth of the River Gironde. The Bay of Biscay was kind that night, the sea oily calm under starlight. "Beastly clear," remarked her captain, Lt Dickie Raikes. "Looks all right for your launching. Do you want to start?"…"
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 Legion 4   | 28 Apr 2019 8:36 a.m. PST |
Yes, a very bold operation but was costly to the attackers. Which sadly should not be unexpected with that type of operation. I read the book after I saw the movie. May they all RIP … |
| Tango01 | 28 Apr 2019 3:25 p.m. PST |
The movie was good?
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| Richard Baber | 28 Apr 2019 11:44 p.m. PST |
The movie was OK, a bit jokey in places but it does give a good basic instruction into the raid. |
| Jeffers | 29 Apr 2019 7:55 a.m. PST |
I first saw it during the summer holiday in 1978 or 79 and enjoyed it then, but as an adult it seems workmanlike but not great. I suppose the jokey element makes the tragedy at the end hit a little bit harder, but at least it tries to honour the chaps involved by following the events reasonably well. Mind you, for Spike Milligan Q series fans the phrase "it's Dave Lodge of Cockleshell Heroes!" will immediately spring to mind. |
| Tango01 | 29 Apr 2019 12:03 p.m. PST |
Thanks!.
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