Only when they were on a submarine, powering away from Scotland into the frigid waters of the North Atlantic, were the 12 men in Major Herbert ‘Blondie’ Hasler’s recently formed special unit told what they’d really signed up for.
COME HELL OR HIGH WATER Armed with little more than oars and some explosives, this silent unit faces almost certain death as it silently slips into Nazi-occupied France
ALAMY X1, MAIN IMAGE FROM COCKLESHELL RAID BY PAUL OLDFIELD (COPYRIGHT: PEN AND SWORD BOOKS)
The group had been undergoing rigorous canoe training for some eight months, and the rumour was that they were going to see action in Norway. Instead, they were bound for Bordeaux – to make Special Forces’ history.