Blondie: A Biography of Lieutenant-Colonel H G Hasler DSO, OBE, Croix de Guerre, Royal Marines

by Ewen Southby-Tailyour

Blondie Hasler was the leader of the famous 'Cockleshell Heroes'. He designed the canoes which were used in the operation, he recruited and trained the twelve men who made up this most secret team and led them on their daring mission, code name 'Operation Frankton', to attack enemy shipping in Bordeaux harbor.

He was one of only two 'Cockleshell Heroes' who came back alive, the other being Bill Sparks, his partner in the cockleshell Catfish...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0850529506
• ISBN13: 9780850529500
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Leo Cooper
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.3"