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The Next Moon. the Remarkable True Story of a British Agent Behind the Lines in Wartime France.
Southby-Tailyour, Ewen; Hue, Andre
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Paperback. Andre Hue was a daredevil. By the age of twenty the Anglo-Frenchman had survived shipwreck and years undercover in France, sabotaging German supply lines. Returning to Britain, he was recruited by SOE to parachute behind enemy lines on 5 June 1944, to unite resistance forces in Brittany and paralyze local German troops during the Allied invasion. Series: Penguin World War II Collection. Num Pages: 368 pages, B&W. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
Andre Hue was a daredevil. By the age of twenty the Anglo-Frenchman had survived shipwreck and years undercover in France, sabotaging German supply lines. Returning to Britain, he was recruited by SOE to parachute behind enemy lines on 5 June 1944, to unite resistance forces in Brittany and paralyse local German troops during the Allied invasion.
Though Hue's mission was fraught with difficulty - he missed his landing site, his secret base camp became the site of a pitch battle and a band of Cossacks tried to hunt him down - he knew that thousands of lives depended ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Series
Penguin World War II Collection
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141042800
SKU
V9780141042800
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Ref
99-2
About Southby-Tailyour, Ewen; Hue, Andre
When the war in Europe ended Andre Hue was parachuted into Burma. Like many other members of SOE he became an MI6 officer and, eventually, the British military attache in Phnom Penh.
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