The Boats of Cherbourg: The Navy That Stole Its Own Boats and Revolutionized Naval Warfare Tom Frederickson ISBN10: 1681983389

ISBN10: 1681983389

Marjorie Maddox makes metaphors meaningful and memorable

an elderly gardener who carries on his shoulders the sorrows of the world

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The Boats of Cherbourg: The Navy That Stole Its Own Boats and Revolutionized Naval Warfare Tom Frederickson ISBN10: 1681983389REVISED EDITION 2019On Christmas eve 1969, five small boats slipped out of Cherbourg harbor after midnight into the teeth of a Force Nine gale that sent freighters scurrying for cover. The boats, ordered by Israel from a local shipyard, had been embargoed for more than a year for political reasons by France. In a brazen caper, the Israelis were now running off with them. The vessels would be refueled at sea by Israeli merchant ships spaced along the