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Stealthily By Night

By: Crecy Books

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Crecy Books)

Last Stocked on 8/14/2023

Product Info

Title
Stealthily By Night
Publisher
Category
Author
Ian Trenowden
Publish Year
1997
Pages
250
Dimensions
6.75x9.75x1.25"
NKG Part #
2147889659
Type
Hardcover

Description

COPP (Combined Operations Pilotage Parties) were formed in December 1942, when the need for invasion beach reconnaissance and assault guidance for invasion fleets was officially recognized.

COPPs were a revolutionary concept: independent teams, led by Lieutenants, Royal Navy, qualified Navigators or Hydrographers - capable of navigating cruisers or aircraft carriers teamed with Captains, Royal Engineers, preferably Commando and SBS trained: to carry out small-boat reconnaissance missions of heavily defended enemy beaches with full knowledge of proposed major offenses and where their capture could well compromise future strategy.