"Cockleshell heroes" Topic
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| 42flanker | 06 May 2023 7:46 a.m. PST |
"The recreated mission has been named Cockleshell 22, a reference to the limpet mines the original soldiers carried, and the 1955 fictionalised film about the operation, The Cockleshell Heroes."
link A little late but I always thought 'cockleshell' referred to the fragility of their craft, rather than to their munitions. |
| Artilleryman | 06 May 2023 8:24 a.m. PST |
Agreed. I thought it was the canoes as well. |
 Bobgnar  | 07 May 2023 6:00 p.m. PST |
Check out this article
link Note the comment at the end
". I AM THE QUENTIN REES, THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK 'COCKLESHELL CANOES' – BRITISH MILITARY CANOES OF WW2.
THE LIST THAT HAS BEEN USED ARE INCORRECT… THESE CANOES WERE NEVER DESIGNATED AS FOLBOTS THIS IS OR WAS A INCORRECT TERM USED UNTIL MY BOOK….. THE WW2 CANOES WERE DESIGNATED AS 'COCKLES'"
But who am I to argue with the Royal Marines :) |
| Heedless Horseman | 08 May 2023 9:11 a.m. PST |
Not sure at all… but were Folboats not the larger collapsable boats used in river crossings? I Might be completely wrong! |
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