In February 1942 Operation Biting commenced. The raid was important because early on in the war, the Germans had an advantage in terms of radar technology. A group of inexperienced British soldiers ...
War correspondent Lewis, author of several books on special operations and unconventional warfare, gives us a look at a critical event in the British development of radar, the commando raid on the ...
Eighty years ago, 120 British commando paratroopers, my father included, dropped at midnight on the French coast. The Bruneval Raid's (Operation Biting's) purpose was to dismantle and steal one of ...