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

by Irwin, Will

• ISBN13: 9781586484620
• ISBN10: 1586484621
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-10
• Publisher: PublicAffairs

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