Halt U-Boats in Zeebrugge

Genre:.....................WWI documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W - Colour
Runtime:..................45mins
Size:........................432Mb

Drawing on eyewitness accounts form survivors, expert testimony, rare photos and military documents from the battle, GREATEST RAIDS relives the events of April 22nd, 1918, when a flotilla of British warships led by the cruiser HMS Vindictive set sail for the fortified harbor of Zeebrugge, defended by coastal batteries and a deadly mole, a seawall bristling with guns. The most important ships in the attacking force, however, were unarmed. Two old ferries served as blockships, to be sunk at the harbor mouth and trap the German submarines inside. At a cost of 600 killed and wounded out of the total crew of 1,300 taking
part in the raid, they achieved their goal, and the sheer audacity of the operation helped lift morale during a dark time in the conflict.