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Articles on the raid, research insights, and updates on the book project.
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David C. Forward writes narrative military history based on archival research, firsthand accounts, and overlooked perspectives. His work focuses on clarity, strategy, and the human dimension of major operations.
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What Was Operation Chariot? The Daring WWII Raid Explained
On the night of March 27-28, 1942, 611 men sailed toward certain death. Their mission: destroy the largest drydock in the world before Germany's most powerful battleship could use it to devastate the Atlantic convoys keeping Britain alive.
Operation Chariot the raid on Saint-Nazaire would become the most decorated single action in World War II history. Yet most people have never heard of it.
Why the Tirpitz Terrified Winston Churchill More Than Any Other Ship
The German battleship Tirpitz never sank a single Allied ship yet Churchill called her Britain's greatest naval threat. Author David C. Forward’s latest book, Into the Jaws of Death: Operation Chariot and the Raid that Saved Britain explains why the mere existence of this 50,000-ton monster nearly changed the outcome of World War II.
