Operation Jedburgh
the shadow war behind D-Day and the liberation of France
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Word Count
100,250 words, Guess
Page Count
401 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3431650M
- ISBN-139780670037629
- ISBN-100670037621
- OCLC Control Number62290671
- OCLC Control Numberoperationjedburg0000beav
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2005057467
- LibraryThing1345555
- Goodreads903917
Classifications
- DDC940.54/86730944
- LCCD802.F8 B28 2006
Description
This book provides a thrilling account of one of the most important covert operations of World War II. In 1943, less than a year before D-Day, nearly three hundred American, British, and French soldiers -- shadow warriors -- parachuted deep behind enemy lines in France as part of the covert Operation Jedburgh. Working with the beleaguered French Resistance, the 2Jeds3 launched a stunningly effective guerrilla campaign against the Germans in preparation for the Normandy invasion. Colin Beavan, whose grandfather helped direct Operation Jedburgh for the Office of Strategic Services, draws on scores of interviews with the surviving Jeds and their families to tell the thrilling story of the rowdy daredevils who carried out Americas first specialforces missions forever changing the way Americans wage war. - Publisher.
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