Format:
1 online resource (417 pages)
ISBN:
9780199942091
Content:
The story of the Jedburghs -- WWII-era reconnaissance and intelligence teams, consisting of OSS, British Special Operations, and Free French operatives -- that worked behind enemy lines to strengthen the Allies' position in Northern France before, during, and after the Normandy Invasion.
Content:
Cover -- Eisenhower's Guerrillas: The Jedburghs, the Maquis, and the Liberation of France -- COPYRIGHT -- DEDICATION -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- GLOSSARY -- PROLOGUE: Eisenhower's Dilemma -- 1: Guerrilla Warfare and the Design of the Jedburghs -- 2: Enter the Americans -- 3: Recreating France and the Rise of the Résistance -- UNIFYING THE INTERIOR GROUPS AND LINKING THEM WITH THE FREE FRENCH -- 4: North African Rehearsal -- OVERLORD AND ALLIED PLANNING TO USE THE RESISTANCE -- ALLIED SPECIAL FORCE PLANNING WITH THE FORCES FRANÇAISES DE L'INTÉRIEUR -- MILTON HALL AND THE JEDBURGH PREPARATIONS -- AIR SPECIAL OPERATIONS PICKS UP THE PACE -- 5: The Politics Running into D-Day -- 6: The Struggle for Control -- TEAM HUGH -- ORGANIZING THE RÉSISTANCE IN THE MORVAN -- TEAMS IAN AND ANDY -- SOUTHWESTERN FRANCE -- DE FACTO RECOGNITION -- CONCLUSION -- 7: The Free French Battle for Brittany and Eisenhower Battles for the Free French -- TEAM GILES DEPLOYS -- GENERAL KOENIG TAKES OVER GUERRILLA WARFARE IN FRANCE -- TEAM GEORGE EVADES AND ATTEMPTS TO REORGANIZE THE LOIRE-INFERIEURE -- BRITTANY CONCLUSION -- 8: Setting the Trap -- SETTING THE TRAP: CONVENTIONAL FORCES AND COORDINATING WITH THE MAQUIS -- THE LIBÉRATION IN R5 -- 9: The Fog of War in Eastern France -- CAPTURING PARIS AND SUPPORTING THE 12TH ARMY GROUP -- THE FINAL PUSH-THE JEDBURGHS RUSH IN -- GERMAN COUNTERINSURGENCY AND THE TRAGEDY OF TEAM JACOB -- CONCLUSION -- CONCLUSION: Eisenhower's Guerrillas in History and Memory -- APPENDIX 1: French Resistance Leaders -- APPENDIX 2: Jedburgh Teams -- NOTES -- Prologue: Eisenhower's Dilemma -- Chapter 1: Guerrilla Warfare and the Design of the Jedburghs -- Chapter 2: Enter the Americans -- Chapter 3: Recreating France and the Rise of the Résistance -- Chapter 4: North African Rehearsal -- Chapter 5: The Politics Running into D-Day.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780199942084
Additional Edition:
Druck-Ausgabe Erscheint auch als ISBN 9780199942084
Additional Edition:
Print version Jones, Benjamin F., 1966- Eisenhower's guerrillas : the Jedburghs, the Maquis, and the liberation of France New York, New York : Oxford University Press, c2016
Language:
English
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