Patrick Bishop - Operation Jubilee: Dieppe, 1942: The Folly and the Sacrifice

Patrick Bishops well-researched, crisply written and utterly absorbing account of the Dieppe raid tells a story of heroism and futility that will live for the reader long afterwards. Operation Jubilee was all the more tragic for having been entirely avoidable, in ways that Bishop sets out powerfully, unflinchingly and unanswerably Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny

Patrick Bishops account of the preparation, the battle itself and its aftermath, is forensic, detailed, yet highly readable and written with his great understanding of war. I would be surprised if this book did not become the authoritative history of the disaster that was the Dieppe raid General Sir Mike Jackson

Riveting and powerfully written. Patrick Bishop has turned this tragic cautionary tale into a fascinating, shrewd and timely reflection on leadership in a time of crisis, and what can happen to personal ambition in the fevered atmosphere of war Henry Hemming, author of Our Man in New York

Operation Jubilee is a chronicle of valour and vanity, military ingenuity and sheer folly in what must be one of the greatest disasters of any small British operation in the Second World War. It is all unpicked with Patrick Bishops brilliant narrative skill, full of incident and first-hand reporting. Not only is this a superb account of the Dieppe raid itself, but of how it has been told in myth, propaganda and the cover-up of reputations ever since. It is a miniature masterpiece of historical narrative, and a brilliant essay on how some of the reputations of some of the biggest egos manage to survive but shouldnt Robert Fox

Operation Jubilee is written with verve and knowledge, and with the authors trademark style of integrating eyewitness accounts with insight into the human condition in battle. It draws upon new evidence and provides a new perspective on the French civilians. Recommended reading Tim Cook, author of The Fight for History

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