Coastal forces combined Home Guard-style ingenuity with young crews selected for aggression and initiative. Their experiments could include schemes such as stretching a net between boats to catch enemy E-boats. Not every idea reached operational use, but the proposals reveal how small-craft warfare rewarded improvisation. The crews were not known for preserving complete records, leaving many plausible stories impossible to prove conclusively.
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Why coastal-force improvisations are hard to document
Motor-boat crews combined Home Guard-style ingenuity with aggressive initiative, but weak records leave many colorful ideas difficult to verify.