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Hervé Cras (7 August 1910 – 2 November 1980) was a French military and naval historian, who wrote under the pseudonym Jacques Mordal.

Born to a sailing family in Evreux, Hervé Cras fought in World War II, surviving the Dunkirk evacuation. He became Director for Historical Studies at the Musée de la Marine, Paris.

Works

  • La bataille de Dunkerque, 1948
  • A la poursuite du Bismarck (18-27 Mai 1941), 1948
  • La campagne de Norvège, 1949
  • Cassino, c.1952
  • (with Albert Vulliez) La tragique destinée du Scharnhorst, c.1952. Translated by George Malcolm as Battleship Scharnhorst, 1958.
  • La bataille de Casablanca : 8-9-10 novembre 1942, 1952
  • Bir Hacheim: une épopée française, 1952
  • La bataille de Dakar, 1956
  • (with Gabriel Auphan) La marine française pendant la seconde guerre mondiale, 1958. Translated by A. C. J. Sabalot as The French Navy in World War II, 1959.
  • Vingt-cinq siècles de guerre sur mer, 1959. Translated by Len Ortzen as Twenty-five centuries of sea warfare, 1959.
  • Narvik, 1960
  • Dunkerque, 1960
  • Les Canadiens à Dieppe, 1962. Translated by Mervyn Savill as Dieppe: the dawn of decision, 1963.
  • Hold-up naval à Granville, 1964.
  • La bataille de France, 1944-1945, 1964.
  • Les poches de l'Atlantique, 1965.
  • Héligoland : Gibraltar allemand de la Mer du Nord, 1967.
  • La guerre a commencé en Pologne, 1968.
  • Versailles, 1970.
  • Rommel, 2 vols., 1973.

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