The story of the Special Forces in World War II has never fully been told before. Information about them began to be declassified only in the 1980s. Known as the Jedburghs, these Special Forces were selected from members of the British, American, and Free French armies to be dropped in teams of three deep behind German lines. There, in preparation for D-Day, they carried out what we now know as unconventional warfare: supporting the French Resistance in guerrilla attacks, supply-route disruption, and the harassment and ...
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The story of the Special Forces in World War II has never fully been told before. Information about them began to be declassified only in the 1980s. Known as the Jedburghs, these Special Forces were selected from members of the British, American, and Free French armies to be dropped in teams of three deep behind German lines. There, in preparation for D-Day, they carried out what we now know as unconventional warfare: supporting the French Resistance in guerrilla attacks, supply-route disruption, and the harassment and obstruction of German reinforcements. Always, they operated against extraordinary odds. They had to be prepared to survive pitched battles with German troops and Gestapo manhunts for weeks and months while awaiting the arrival of Allied ground forces. They were, in short, heroes.
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New. The first full history of the pioneering Special Forces units of World War II--dropped behind German lines into France to assist with the D-Day landings--told by a former U.S. Special Forces colonel with unique access to surviving veterans Num Pages: 352 pages, 8pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDB; 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476. 2006. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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