2-621-904 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Commando Raiders who pierced the Channel defences at Boulogne during the early hours of April 22nd forming up before crossing the Channel', 1942. During World War II, Operation Abercrombie was an Anglo-Canadian reconnaissance raid on the area around the French coastal village of Hardelot, located south of Boulogne-sur-Mer. From The War Illustrated Volume 5 edited by Sir John Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London, 1942]