There was also the danger of small-scale ‘commando’ type raids along the coast, which we did expect at any time. We knew the British especially were very unprincipled in these raiding parties, for example the St Nazaire atrocity in which they massacred a large number of unarmed German officers and French civilians. Incidentally, this is one point in which I have not changed my thinking since the war. The St Nazaire raid was a deliberate massacre by the British.
Hmmm, interesting...per Wikipedia, “The operation has been called ‘the greatest raid of all’ in British military circles,” with nothing about alleged Brit atrocities.
