Pick Up Zeebrugge: Eleven VCs Before Breakfast Formulated By Barrie Pitt EBook

is the story of a desperate and heroic venture by the British in the last months of WWI, . . a raid on the Belgian port of Zeebruge where German Uboats and destroyers were sheltering and making lightning strikes against the British Navy and merchant shipping, The objective was to sink blockships in the mouth of the port thus sealing off access to the Channel, The British crew were all volunteers and were well aware that they might not return from this mission, The author has well researched all aspects of the operation and the men who took part in this heroic failure, Although the blockships were put in place, the Germans removed them and continued business as usual, But, like Dunkirk in WWII, defeat was turned to victory as the raid restored the flagging morale of the British people and restored faith in the Royal Navy.
The bravery of the men who undertook this mission resulted in the awarding of eleven Victoria Crosses, the most ever given in one battle,

This is an interesting look at a battle which was only a very small part in the overall picture of those last months of the war but one that captured the attention of the world.
It is rather technical and demands close attention, . not a book to be read at lunchtime, It is a "keeper" for the reader of WWI history, It's a great story but this book is now a bit dated first published in, It winds up hinting at a German version of the raid that is at odds with what you just read in the book, It would be great to learn the true story, One of the most dramatic war stories ever, recounted in brilliant style, with

extraordinary "before" and "after" photos, maps, and diagrams, On April,, British warships raided the Belgian port of Zeebrugge, hoping to stop German Uboats from using it as a base, The men, volunteers all, knew they were unlikely to surviveand they weren't wrong, This graphic pageturner honors the soldiers who died and pays full justice to a night of exceptional heroism,
Enjoyable and well told story but noticeably dated and jingoistic I think I have an older copy of this book as the name is a different but description seems to fit.
Same author. Very action packed. Exciting. Heroic Barrie William Edward Pitt was educated at Portsmouth Southern Grammar School before becoming a bank clerk, After service in the Second World War Pitt worked as a surveyor, joinedSAS TA, with whom he rose to the rank of sergeant, and started to write for the magazine Adventure.
Pitt also worked for a time as an information officer at the Atomic Energy Authority establishment at Aldermaston, where he demonstrated a talent for turning scientific information into readable proseIn, Pitt wrote a novel, The Edge of Battle, and Zeebrugge, an admired account of the First World War raid on the Belgian U boat base.
This led to a long and prolific career as an author and editor of popular histories, Under the overall editorship of Sir Basil Barrie William Edward Pitt was educated at Portsmouth Southern Grammar School before becoming a bank clerk, After service in the Second World War Pitt worked as a surveyor, joinedSAS TA, with whom he rose to the rank of sergeant, and started to write for the magazine Adventure.
Pitt also worked for a time as an information officer at the Atomic Energy Authority establishment at Aldermaston, where he demonstrated a talent for turning scientific information into readable proseIn, Pitt wrote a novel, The Edge of Battle, and Zeebrugge, an admired account of the First World War raid on the Belgian U boat base.
This led to a long and prolific career as an author and editor of popular histories, Under the overall editorship of Sir Basil Liddell Hart, he was responsible for the first major part work, Purnell's History of the Second World War, ainstalment mass circulation series which was launched inat the Imperial War Museum.
He also worked as a researcher for thes BBC television series The Great War, sitelink.