From Dieppe to D-Day: The Memoirs of Vice Admiral 'Jock' Hughes-Hallett (Hughes-Hallett John 'Jock')(Pevná vazba) - diskuze

When studying the planning behind the Combined Operations cross-Channel raids that harassed the Germans along the coast of Occupied France during the Second World War, one name appears repeatedly - that of Captain John 'Jock' Hughes-Hallett.
Hughes-Hallett was Deputy Director of the Local defense Division at the Admiralty in 1940 and 1941, before becoming Naval Adviser at Combined Operations Headquarters. Along with the head of Combined Operations, Lord Louis Mountbatten, Hughes-Hallett orchestrated the Commando raids from Norway to Normandy - attacks which tied down German troops far in excess of the numbers employed on the raids.
Hughes-Hallett became Commodore commanding the Channel Assault Force (known as 'J' Force) and Naval Chief of Staff (X) from 1942 to 1943. He is perhaps best known for being the Naval Commander of the Dieppe Raid of August 1942, and attack
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