Jon Cooksey

The guide will take the visitor beyond the ferry terminal and hypermarkets to reveal the hidden Calais and the actions of individuals and units in this defence. Meer

Boulogne - 23 May, 1940. A town under siege. A rampant German panzer division hammers at its gates. Panic in the street and chaos on the docks. Air Raids. Meer

This is the story of Ian McKay: the last British hero of the Twentieth Century. Meer

Cooksey describes the audacious plan to mount a large-scale commando raid on the Normandie dry dock which held the mighty battleship Tirpitz. The award of more than 80 decorations for the raid bore witness to the ferocity of the struggle to strike at the Germans in France. Meer