St nazaire raid movie

Returned to the royal navy in 1950, the ship was listed for disposal in 1951, but before being broken up she was hired for the gift horse film. Attack on the iron coast 1968 attack on the iron coast. The life and times of robert ryder vc, richard hopton. Typically, in 1943, the usaaf would lose approximately 5 percent of its bombers on a mission. At the request of a module user, i have made the following tweaks. Transported on board hms campbeltown which, packed with hidden explosives, rammed the dock gates, and a fleet of 18 smaller vessels, the commandos stormed ashore and. The st nazaire raid or operation chariot was a successful british amphibious attack on the heavily defended normandies dry dock at st. Tirpitz was the second of two bismarckclass battleships built for the german kriegsmarine war navy during world war ii. Deutsches bundesarchivgerman federal archive read more. But on the biscay coast of occupied france was the strategic port of st. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. With jeremy clarkson, corran purdon, bob wright, james dunning.

Im thinking of doing a one off for our club probably using fow given it seems to be a company scale action, although possibly with iabsm. Farewell to last hero of st nazaire world war ii raid. Target st nazaire is filled with first person accounts and commentary from esteemed scholars that chronicle every step of the pivotal raid, one of the wars most daring missions. A ceremony has been held to remember the heroes of the raid on st nazaire. However the port was miles up a well defended estuary. The highlights of the movie are the violent as well as exciting fights of the crews who successfully fend off an final attack at st. Here members of the strike force are marched off into captivity.

The attack on st nazaire, john murray, london, 1947. Building on the success of various commando raids during 1941, headquarters combined operations moved up the scale of size and complexity by electing to attack and deny the only dry dock that could take a german battleship for repairs, the normandie dock at st nazaire on frances atlantic coast. The attack, known as the st nazaire raid, successfully destroyed the adjacent drydock by ramming an explosivefilled destroyer into it, but the uboat pens were not targeted. It was an operation so heroic that it resulted in the award of five victoria crosses. A wounded british prisoner of war, sitting on the ground in st. Losing it would directly affect germanys strategy in the north atlantic. Nazaire france, would prove costly, but would deliver the british a muchwelcomed victory. In fact, this st nazaire raid bore strong sinilarities to st georges day 1918 and the zeebruge raid when a combination of british warships, booby trapped blockships which hms campbeltoen essentially was and assault troops were landed to try to interdict the german use in 1918 of zeebruge as a uboat base. The special fleet included hms campbeltown, which was packed with explosives and was used to to ram into the gates. Nazaire and brit commmandos so i was quite pleasantly surprised to stumble upon this movie to see it based on. Operation chariot, a daring raid on the nazi occupied port at st. Jeremy clarkson tells the story of one of the most daring operations of world war ii the commando raid on the german occupied dry dock at st. Attack on the iron coast is a 1967 deluxe color angloamerican oakmont productions. Preserving and protecting the memory of operation chariot, the great combined operations raid on the french atlantic port of st.

The film depicts an account of allied combined operations. A drama about the suicidal, daring british raid on heavily defended dry dock saint nazaire, in german occupied france, in 1942, by hms campbeltown, and 18 smaller craft. I have just been reading in my local french newspaper that a fictional film about the st nazaire raid will be released in 2012. What, if any, lessons can be learned from the allied raid on st nazaire in march 1942.

Nazaire, march 269, 1942 the victoria cross all material contained in this site is subject to and must not be reproduced in any format without the consent of the relevant holder. The operation was undertaken by the royal navy and british commandos under the auspices of combined operations headquarters on 28 march 1942. It was an operation so heroic that it resulted in the award of five victoria crosses and 80 other decorations for gallantry. A combined operations raid on the dry dock at st nazaire led by no. History channel disc 4 of an 8 disc set target st nazaire. A complete account of the rafs support role during the victorious command raid on st nazaire, march 1942. Nazaire 27th march 1942 british commandos raided the port of st nazaire and rammed the dry dock gates with hms campbeltown packed with over 4 tons of high explosive which exploded 10 hours later destroying the dock and stopping kms tirpiz from using it. Uboats were stationed out of st nazaire, but it is not known how many were present that night.

A destroyed, an armed trawler, and a minesweeper were all stationed permanently at the docks. The attack on st nazaire, 28th march 1942, battle summery no. Nazaire, on the west coast of france, had dry docks that the allies had to put out of action if the battle of the atlantic was going to be won. Nazaire the old lendlease 1919built american destroyer, uss buchanan, renamed hms campbeltown was converted for the raid and given the approximate appearance of a german moweclass escort vessel in the hope that this would cause the german defenders to hesitate. It was decided that the campbeltown would be used to ram to dry dock and transport one group of commandos. Commando raid on the german occupied dry dock at st. British combined operations, royal navy, commandos, ltcommander s h beattie, commander ryder. Nazaire in march 1942 remains one of the outstanding acts of heroism in world war two.

Is anyone aware of any wargame scenario that covers the raid on st nazaire ideally objective driven with demolition targets for the commandos and escape routes. The st nazaire raid, 1942 casemate illustrated 9781612007298. Building on the success of various commando raids during 1941. Into the jaws of death britains operation chariot and. This and the 1952 film gift horse are based on the same world war two raid carried out by british forces on the locks of the french port of st nazaire in 1942. A biography of the naval commander at the st nazairre raid, who after a prewar career dominated by sailing ships he sailed home from china in a yacht built for the task and was the naval commander on the british graham land expedition, he had a fairly distinguished wartime career, which included. Nazaire, that increased to more than 8 percent losses with more than 55 percent damaged.

In march 1942, more than 600 men left falmouth in cornwall in a flotilla of three destroyers and 16 smaller boats. The officer in charge of the naval phase of the raid on st nazaire, commander r. The raid on st nazaire 1942 naval historical society of. A war drama about the impossible british raid on heavily defended dry deck saint nazaire, in german occupied france, in 1942. The st nazaire raid or operation chariot was a successful british amphibious attack on the heavily defended normandie dry dock at st nazaire in germanoccupied france during the second world war. Inside the french submarine espadon and base saintnazaire. Nazaire, published by the avalon hill game company, in 1987.

Added gun 222a to initial deployment and pieces window. Storming st nazaire the dock busting raid by james g dorrian. St nazaire 1942 is an excellent narrative summary of the famous british commando raid in march 1942. Michael micky burn led a troop of army commandos as part of what has been described as the greatest raid of all time the daring, successful but costly operation chariot against the vital. It was a feat of cunning and daring that helped to shape the war at sea. The st nazaire raid or operation chariot was a british amphibious attack on the heavily defended normandie dry dock at st nazaire in germanoccupied. John rafferty, of coven, near wolverhampton, served as a royal navy mechanic during the st nazaire raid of march 28, 1942, during which he was captured by the nazis and kept as a prisoner of war. To recognize their bravery, 89 decorations were awarded to members of the raiding party, including five victoria crosses.

Motor launch 306 came under heavy fire while proceeding up the river loire towards the port. For great gallantry, skill and devotion to duty when in charge of a lewis gun in hm motor launch 306 in the st. The st nazaire raid or operation chariot was a successful british amphibious attack on the heavily defended. The port of saintnazaire was the location of whats called the greatest raid of all, a daring and flatout incredible attack by.

In the first part of the game, the player moves the british boats and destroyer hms campbeltown camouflaged as a german ship to their landing areas, while determining the results of the many shots from the harbor defense guns. The st nazaire raid or operation chariot was a british amphibious attack on the heavily defended normandie dry dock at st nazaire in germanoccupied france during the second world war. On 28 march 1942, british forces launched one of the most daring operations of the second world war. Our ships were following the b17 formations, bombed, and continued following. The raid on the port of st nazaire in march 1942 by a seaborne task. For the final scenes of the film, based on her sistership campbeltowns daring st nazaire raid, her four funnels were reduced to two, and cut down at an angle to resemble the funnels of a german. In early 1942, shipping losses in the atlantic threatened britains. Now known as the greatest raid of all, operation chariot was an attack on the docks at st nazaire in germanoccupied france. This solitaire wargame simulates the march 28, 1942, british raid on the nazioccupied french port of st. The film is based on the commando raid on the french port of st.

Fixed infinite loop when advancing vp indicator with left arrow key. Steam workshop raid on st nazaire solitaire wargame. Attack on the iron coast is a 1967 deluxe color angloamerican oakmont productions international coproduction war film directed by paul wendkos in the first of his fivepicture contract with mirisch productions, and starring lloyd bridges, andrew keir, sue lloyd, mark eden and maurice denham. While this raid has been covered in detail in a variety of other books, this latest edition of the osprey campaign series adds detailed maps and diagrams that help to make sense of a very confusing night action.