Lovereading A Brilliant Little Operation The Cockleshell Heroes and the Most Courageous Raid of World War 2

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Description: A Brilliant Little Operation The Cockleshell Heroes and the Most Courageous Raid of World War 2. Paperback /softback. By Paddy Ashdown.

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