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The Jedburghs, the secret history of the Allied Special Forces, France 1944, Will Irwin

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The Jedburghs

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Will Irwin

the secret history of the Allied Special Forces, France 1944

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. Information about the Special Forces in World War II began to be declassified only in the 1980s. Known as the Jedburghs, these Special Forces were selected from members of the British, American, and Free French armies to be dropped in teams of three deep behind German lines. There, in preparation for D-Day, they carried out what we now know as unconventional warfare: supporting the French Resistance in guerrilla attacks, supply-route disruption, and the harassment and obstruction of German reinforcements. Always, they operated against extraordinary odds. They had to be prepared to survive pitched battles with German troops and Gestapo manhunts for weeks and months while awaiting the arrival of Allied ground forces. They were, in short, heroes

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Secret history of the Allied Special Forces, France 1944