Steel from the sky, the Jedburgh raiders, France 1944, Roger Ford
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Steel from the sky, the Jedburgh raiders, France 1944, Roger Ford
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Steel from the sky
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Roger Ford
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the Jedburgh raiders, France 1944
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"By the early summer of 1942, with the United States of America firmly engaged in the war in the European theatre, planning for the invasion of France was already well under way. The three major allies had begun to place agents in occupied territory, to foster would-be resistants and in particular to train and arm them to undertake the essential work of disrupting enemy lines of communication from within? Plans were drawn to create a force to assist the Resistance groups directly, by parachuting specially-selected soldiers into France to advise -- in reality, to work and fight alongside? them? Roger Ford? [relies] on official contemporary reports fleshed out by personal accounts, and turn[s] a critical eye on events as they unfolded. In the process he has created the first ever history of this pioneering multi-national force"--Jacket
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pt. 1. The origins of the Jedburgh programme -- pt. 2. Western France -- pt. 3. Brittany -- pt. 4. The south west -- pt. 5. The Rh?ne valley -- pt. 6. The south east -- pt. 7. The Seine basin -- pt. 8. The Sa?ne valley and the Franche-comt? -- pt. 9. Alsace-Lorraine
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