The Boats of Cherbourg: The Navy That Stole Its Own Boats and Revolutionized Naval Warfare Tom Frederickson *Includes accounts of the fighting

*Includes accounts of the fighting

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Author: Tara Lain

ISBN13: 9781543143447

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The Boats of Cherbourg: The Navy That Stole Its Own Boats and Revolutionized Naval Warfare Tom Frederickson *Includes accounts of the fightingREVISED EDITION 2019On Christmas eve 1969, five small boats slipped out of Cherbourg harbor after midnight into the teeth of a Force Nine gale that sent freighters scurrying for cover. The boats, ordered by Israel from a local shipyard, had been embargoed for more than a year for political reasons by France. In a brazen caper, the Israelis were now running off with them. The vessels would be refueled at sea by Israeli merchant ships spaced along the