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The Raid on St Nazaire

In March 1942, a combined force of Royal Navy and Army commandos sailed up the River Loire in France, under fire from German forces, to St Nazaire, where they destroyed the giant Normandie dock - a prospective base for the German battleship Tirpitz. A group of survivors revisit St Nazaire and recall their roles in the mission.

English
  • Originally Aired March 26, 1974
  • Runtime 50 minutes
  • Network BBC One
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