Derek Law Bibliography

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BRAZIER, C.C.H. XD Operations: Secret British Missions Denying Oil to the Nazis. x, 165p., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2004. ISBN: 9781844153138.

This is the first account, by a participant, of the operations by the Kent Fortress Royal Engineers, a small Territorial Army unit. These took place in May 1940 with the objective of destroying all the oil reserves stored in coastal port refineries from Holland to the Bay of Biscay. The book describes the trip over in destroyers, frequently under air attack, the chaotic conditions ahead of the advancing Germans, the difficulties faced in carrying out the tasks and the drama of getting back to England.