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They Fought Alone: The Story of British Agents in France
Maurice Buckmaster
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Description for They Fought Alone: The Story of British Agents in France
Paperback. A classic espionage title available for the first time in many decades, The Fought Alone is a unique look at SOE - a wartime initiative devised by Winston Chuchill. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 314.
'Set Europe ablaze.' The order came from Churchill himself. The result was the Special Operations Executive - the SOE. Established in 1941 with the aim of supplying occupied France with a steady stream of highly trained resistance agents, this clandestine second world war network grew to become a crucial part of the allied arsenal. Ingeniously engineering acts of sabotage, resistance and terror in the face of the occupying Nazis, the SOE dealt devastating and fatal blows to the German war effort - and directly contributed to the rapid and successful advance of Allied forces across ... Read more
'Set Europe ablaze.' The order came from Churchill himself. The result was the Special Operations Executive - the SOE. Established in 1941 with the aim of supplying occupied France with a steady stream of highly trained resistance agents, this clandestine second world war network grew to become a crucial part of the allied arsenal. Ingeniously engineering acts of sabotage, resistance and terror in the face of the occupying Nazis, the SOE dealt devastating and fatal blows to the German war effort - and directly contributed to the rapid and successful advance of Allied forces across ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849546928
SKU
V9781849546928
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Ref
99-1
About Maurice Buckmaster
Colonel Maurice James Buckmaster OBE was the leader of the French section of Special Operations Executive and was awarded the Croix de Guerre. He died in 1992. They Fought Alone, his memoir of his time as Head of "F" Section, was originally published in 1958.
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