The Most Courageous Raid of WWII

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Contents 1 General Information 2 Cover 3 Information 4 Screenshots 5 Technical Specs 5.1 SD Version 5.2 HD Version 6 Links 6.1 Further Information 6.2 Release Post 6.3 Related Documentaries 6.4 ed2k Links

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War Documentary hosted by Paddy Ashdown, published by BBC in 2011 - English narration

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Lord Ashdown, a former special forces commando, tells the story of the Cockleshell Heroes, who led one of the most daring and audacious commando raids of World War II. In 1942, Britain was struggling to fight back against Nazi Germany. Lacking the resources for a second front, Churchill encouraged innovative and daring new methods of combat. Enter stage left, Blondie Hasler. With a unit of twelve Royal Marine commandos, Major Blondie Hasler believed his 'cockleshell' canoe could be effectively used in clandestine attacks on the enemy. Their brief was to navigate the most heavily defended estuary in Europe, to dodge searchlights, machine-gun posts and armed river-patrol craft 70 miles downriver, and then to blow up enemy shipping in Bordeaux harbour. Lord Ashdown recreates parts of the raid and explains how this experience was used in preparing for one of the greatest land invasions in history, D-day.

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• Video Codec: Xvid
  
• Video Bitrate: 1500 Kbps
  
• Video Aspect Ratio: 1.800:1
  
• Video Resolution: 720x400
  
• Audio Codec: MP3
  
• Audio Bitrate: 128 Kbps CBR 48KHz
  
• Audio Channels: 2
  
• Run-Time: 59 mins
  
• Framerate: 25FPS
  
• Number of Parts: 1
  
• Part Size: 692 MB
  
• Source: HDTV
  
• Encoded by: JungleBoy

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• Video Codec: x264 CABAC
  
• Video Bitrate: CRF 18 (3080Kbps average)
  
• Video Aspect Ratio: 1.778:1
  
• Video Resolution: 1280x720
  
• Audio Codec: AAC-LC
  
• Audio Bitrate: 160 Kbps ABR 48KHz
  
• Audio Channels: 2
  
• Run-Time: 59 mins
  
• Framerate: 25FPS
  
• Number of Parts: 1
  
• Part Size: 1.33 MB
  
• Source: HDTV
  
• Encoded by: JungleBoy

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• BBC Site

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• MVGroup.org (ed2k)
• MVGroup.org (torrent)

[edit] Related Documentaries

• The American Hero Film Series
• Secret War
• WWIIs Most Daring Raids: Series 1
• Rescue at Dawn: The Los Banos Raid
• Operation Dragoon
• WWII's Greatest Raids
• War Letters
• Double Cross: The True Story of the D-day Spies
• Heroes and Weapons of WWII
• Sex and the Swastika
• Apocalypse: The Second World War
• Churchills Darkest Decision
• Code-Breakers: Bletchley Park's Lost Heroes
• Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb
• Dig 1940
• Dive Dive Dive
• Double Agent: The Eddie Chapman Story
• Operation Crossbow
• Operation Jericho
• Operation Mincemeat
• World War II In HD Colour

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