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Assault on the dry dock, St Nazaire, 28th March 1942

The colossal German battleship Tirpitz was a major threat to British sea routes in early-1942. If deployed in the Atlantic it would take refuge in the port of St Nazaire, where the Normandie Dock – the largest of its kind in the world – was big enough to accommodate it for repairs. If the dryContinue reading “Assault on the dry dock, St Nazaire, 28th March 1942”

Road ambush at Bakri, 18th January 1942

For chronological order, click here to see the previous WW2 post! By mid-January 1942, the relentless Japanese advance across Malaya had forced British and Commonwealth forces to withdraw to Johore in the south of the country. It was here that one of the few local victories against the Japanese came on 18th January. At dawn,Continue reading “Road ambush at Bakri, 18th January 1942”