Dieppe Raid

[Surpmil]

"Things were done in the midnight sun no tongue will ever tell", and much closer to the opposite Pole as well.

It was Churchill after all who said that in war truth must be surrounded by a bodyguard of lies.

There are quite a few books around which give stories, some no doubt true or mostly true about "unorthodox" operations or events, or "inside" views of whole periods. For example:

"The Nazi Connection", F.W. Winterbotham
"The Secret Hunters" Anthony Kemp
"To Steal an Air Force", Michael O'Hagen
"Op. JB" Christopher Creighton

"The difference between truth and fiction is that fiction has to make sense". Tom Clancy.