C. E. Lucas Phillips (1897–1984)
Auteur de Commandos sur Saint-Nazaire
A propos de l'auteur
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Œuvres de C. E. Lucas Phillips
The Raiders of Arakan: V Force and the Battle for Burma in World War Two (Daring Military Operations of World War Two) (1971) 8 exemplaires
Climbing plants for walls and gardens 2 exemplaires
Cromwell's captains 2 exemplaires
The greatest raid of all / C. E. Lucas Phillips 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Phillips, C. E. Lucas
- Nom légal
- Phillips, Cecil Ernest Lucas
- Date de naissance
- 1897-09-14
- Date de décès
- 1984-02
- Sexe
- male
- Lieu de naissance
- England
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 20
- Membres
- 483
- Popularité
- #51,118
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 6
- ISBN
- 56
- Langues
- 5
As they sailed upriver on April 20th the frigate suddenly came under devastating fire from a Communist shore battery. Over the next few days there was continuous attacks and 22 British were killed, including the Captain of the ship with another 45 wounded. Author C. E. Lucas Phillips offers his book, Escape of the Amethyst as a detailed explanation of how this incident came to be and how, as the Communists would never admit to making a mistake, three months later it was decided that the only way for the ship to gain freedom was to make a run for the ocean, 200 miles downriver.
Escape of the Amethyst fills in the political background and gives us a picture of how the frigate was set up and who was serving on her. Although this part of the book is rather dry, it is necessary to fully understand the implications of this incident. The books becomes exciting when he describes the original attacks and the dangerous escape. I suspect this is a book that would most appeal to fans of true war stories and naval buffs.… (plus d'informations)