The Wrecking Crew: Operation Colossus, 10 February 1941

by Bernd Horn and Colonel Bernd Horn

The incredible details of the bold, near-disastrous first Allied airborne commando raid.

Audacious to the extreme, Operation Colossus was a raid in the early, dark days of the Second World War, when Britain stood seemingly alone. After the country's defeats in western Europe in 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill insisted on an aggressive raiding campaign. Conducted on February 10, 1941, Operation Colossus was one such raid, meant...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1459743385
• ISBN13: 9781459743380
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"