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<p><P><b>A thrilling account of one of the most important covert operations of World War II</b> <P>In 1943, less than a year before D-Day, nearly three hundred American, British, and French soldiers-shadow warriors-parachuted deep behind enemy lines in France as part of the covert Operation Jedburgh. Working with the beleaguered French Resistance, the Jeds launched a stunningly effective guerrilla campaign against the Germans in preparation for the Normandy invasion. Colin Beavan, whose grandfather helped direct Operation Jedburgh for the Office of Strategic Services, draws on scores of interviews with the surviving Jeds and their families to tell the thrilling story of the rowdy daredevils who carried out America's first specialforces missions- forever changing the way Americans wage war.</p> <h3>Publishers Weekly</h3> <p>While Hitler considered western European resistance forces a minor annoyance, movies and popular writers invariably extol the havoc they wreaked behind enemy lines, perhaps tipping the balance toward victory. In this vein, Beavan (Fingerprints) delivers a lively account of the immense Allied effort to stir up trouble in occupied France in support of the Normandy

Author

Colin Beavan

Publisher

New York: Penguin Books

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781440679506

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir

Rating

4.7 / 5 (78 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14