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'History as it should be written: as page-turning and compelling as the best thriller.'
JAMES HOLLAND
'A mesmerising account.'
THE TIMES
'Abel Smith takes us right into the heart of the drama. Utterly gripping.'
AL MURRAY
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Summer, 1940. Winston Churchill watches in horror as France falls to the Germans in just six weeks, completing the Nazi conquest of mainland Europe. He faces an urgent question: what will happen to the mighty French Navy? Under Hitler's control it presents a major threat, and could make the German advance unstoppable.
With the Nazis closing in, Churchill orders Operation Catapult. By the end of one of the most agonising but necessary military operations of the war, the British will have destroyed a large part of the French Navy and nearly 1,300 French sailors will be dead.
‘This was a hateful decision, the most unnatural and painful in which I have ever been concerned... But no act was ever more necessary for the life of Britain and for all that depended upon it.’
WINSTON CHURCHILL
| Publication Date: | 04/06/2026 |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Binding: | Hard Back |
| ISBN: | 9780857509628 |
| Categories: | Non Fiction History Available Upon Request |
