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9781586484620

The Jedburghs The Secret History of the Allied Special Forces, France 1944

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  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-10-10
  • Publisher: PublicAffairs
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Summary

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

Author Biography

Will Irwin retired from the United States Army in January 2000 after a career of more than twenty-eight years, half of that in Special Forces. He received a B.A. in history from Methodist College and a master of military arts and sciences degree from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. He has done graduate work in modern European history at the University of Kansas and has served as a research fellow at the RAND Corporation. He now works as a defense contractor. Born in Iowa, Irwin lives in Valrico, Florida.

Table of Contents

Note on Military Units xi
Chart xii
Prologue xiii
1 Call to Action
1(14)
2 Into the Hornet's Nest
15(16)
3 An Alternative Form of Warfare
31(41)
4 "Situation Hot"
72(8)
5 Survival
80(19)
6 The Maquis de Saffré
99(15)
7 Brittany Liberated
114(18)
8 "Just Ignore 'Em!"
132(23)
9 A Rainy Night in Picardy
155(22)
10 War Comes to the Riviera 177(15)
11 Ukrainians in the FFI 192(15)
12 On the Reich's Doorstep 207(16)
Epilogue 223(23)
Appendix: The French Jedburgh Teams 246(34)
Notes 280(17)
Sources 297(10)
Acknowledgments 307(4)
Index 311

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