Windows on the Zeebrugge Raid 1918: With Rare Photographs of the Mole
T he Zeebrugge Raid of St George’s Day 1918 remains one of the most daring and tragic naval operations of World War I. Windows on the Zeebrugge Raid 1918: With Rare Photographs of the Mole offers an in-depth account of this pivotal assault, revealing newly uncovered photos of the Mole, the scuttled blockships Intrepid, Iphigenia and Thetis, and German naval officers stationed in Bruges. Through 11,000 words and dozens of rare photographs sourced from craft fairs and flea markets, this book sheds new light on the fate of HMS Vindictive, the Daffodil and the Iris, and the 227 Allied men who lost their lives in under an hour. Read this invaluable book on the storming of Zeebrugge that occurred on St George’s Day 1918. The dramatic story of the Flanders flotilla versus the British Grand Fleet is a must read. Windows on the Zeebrugge Raid 1918: With Rare Photographs of the Mole I researched the raiding of Zeebrugge after acquiring rare photographs of the Zeebrugge Mole, the scut...