Operation Jedburgh D-Day and America's First Shadow War

Name: Operation Jedburgh D-Day and America's First Shadow War
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ISBN: 9780143112020

ISBN-10: 0143112023

ISBN-13: 9780143112020

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Authors: Colin Beavan

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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 "Jeds " 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…

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List price: $18.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/24/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 5.55" wide x 8.43" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English



List of Maps


A Note on Dialogue


Preface



Dangerous Beginnings



Shadow War Setback



Resistance? What Resistance?



A Spark of Rebellion



Uncle Sam Joins in



The Call for Hazardous Duty



A Slim Chance



Anyone Here Speak French?



We Just Want to Fight



Shrinks with Notepads



Making Agents



Killing Lessons



Give Her a Ring and Say Good-Bye



Happy New Year!



Close to Mutiny



Eisenhower's Plan



Some Shit



In Case of Death



Initial Targets



Suicide Pills



Forget About Vengeance



Boys vs. Panzers



"Alles Kaputt"



Blowing Trains to Bits



Back in Action



Napoleon's Hat



Preparing the Fighters



Manna of Weapons



What Would Dad Think?



Insubordination



The Breakout Approaches



"In Grave Danger"



France Explodes



Cobra Strike



"A Message of the Highest Importance"



Flying Body Parts



Arrested



Jeds Rain Down



Leaving a Man to Die



Stopping the German Escape



Southern Uprising



Withdrawal



Like Shooting Quail



"Purification"



Surrender


Epilogue


Acknowledgments



The Jedburgh Teams and Their Members


Notes


Sources


Permissions


Index