Wuchak
Cinematic account of Operation Chariot, aka the St Nazaire Raid
In late March, 1942, the Brits concoct an audacious operation to destroy the Normandie dry dock at St Nazaire in German-occupied France, which would involve 611 Royal Naval personnel & commandos in a surprise attack against an embedded German force of 5000. Lloyd Bridges and Andrew Keir star as the key officers in the raid.
"Attack on the Iron Coast" (1968) tackles what has been called The Greatest Raid of All and is worthwhile if you dont mind B productions with unconvincing miniatures. I liked how the flick establishes that an operation like this is 78% planning, training, traveling and anticipation and 22% dynamic execution. Im going by the fact that the actual r...