Cockleshell Heroes by C. E. Lucas Phillips
	In october 1942, chief of combined operations Vice-Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten unveiled the outline plan for operation Frankton - destined to become one of the bravest, most courageous and imaginative raids of the entire war. In December 1942 the plan was put into action. Ten royal marines launched a daring attack by canoe on enemy shipping lying in the docks of Bordeaux - a hazardous and successful offensive which only two survived …….. 'a legendary wartime exploit …… the outstanding commando raid of the war. You can't stop reading' Observer 'as a story of human courage, the story of the cockleshell heroes will live for generations' Manchester evening news