The Real X-Men

The Real X-Men The Heroic Story of the Underwater War, 1942-1945

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Publisher's Synopsis

The thrilling and true story of the development and operational deployment of human torpedoes - 'Chariots' - and 'X-craft' midget submarines in British naval service during WWII, and of the extraordinary men who crewed these dangerous vessels. The commando frogmen who rode the Chariots and operated as divers from the X-craft were the forerunners of today's Special Boat Service, the SBS.

Their aim was to attach an explosive charge underneath an enemy ship to destroy the vessel. Their hope was to return to their submarine unscathed. The Real X-Men tells the story of the sacrifice and heroism of the individual men, many of them little more than teenagers, who volunteered for this dangerous duty and who crewed both the Chariots and the X-craft without knowing the full extent of the risks entailed, nor indeed the very small chances they had of coming back alive.

Book information

ISBN: 9781784296742
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Imprint: Quercus
Pub date:
DEWEY: 940.5451
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 336
Weight: 254g
Height: 130mm
Width: 197mm
Spine width: 25mm