Operation Jedburgh : D-Day and America's First Shadow War
by BEAVAN, COLIN (Author)Edition: Reprint
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Pub. Date: 2007-04-24
Publisher(s): Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Summary
A thrilling account of one of the most important covert operations of World War II 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.
Author Biography
Colin Beavan is the author of Fingerprints: The Origins of Crime Detection and the Murder Case That Launched Forensic Science. He has written for Esquire, the Atlantic Monthly, Men-'s Journal, Wired, and many other national magazines.
Table of Contents
| List of Maps | p. ix |
| A Note on Dialogue | p. xv |
| Preface | p. xvii |
| Dangerous Beginnings | |
| Shadow War Setback | p. 3 |
| Resistance? What Resistance? | p. 10 |
| A Spark of Rebellion | p. 16 |
| Uncle Sam Joins in | p. 23 |
| The Call for Hazardous Duty | |
| A Slim Chance | p. 35 |
| Anyone Here Speak French? | p. 45 |
| We Just Want to Fight | p. 51 |
| Shrinks with Notepads | p. 59 |
| Making Agents | |
| Killing Lessons | p. 69 |
| Give Her a Ring and Say Good-Bye | p. 76 |
| Happy New Year! | p. 82 |
| Close to Mutiny | p. 88 |
| Eisenhower's Plan | p. 95 |
| Some Shit | p. 105 |
| In Case of Death | p. 112 |
| Initial Targets | |
| Suicide Pills | p. 121 |
| Forget About Vengeance | p. 130 |
| Boys vs. Panzers | p. 137 |
| "Alles Kaputt" | p. 144 |
| Blowing Trains to Bits | p. 152 |
| Back in Action | p. 159 |
| Napoleon's Hat | p. 166 |
| Preparing the Fighters | |
| Manna of Weapons | p. 175 |
| What Would Dad Think? | p. 180 |
| Insubordination | p. 186 |
| The Breakout Approaches | p. 197 |
| "In Grave Danger" | p. 203 |
| France Explodes | |
| Cobra Strike | p. 211 |
| "A Message of the Highest Importance" | p. 219 |
| Flying Body Parts | p. 227 |
| Arrested | p. 235 |
| Jeds Rain Down | p. 243 |
| Leaving a Man to Die | p. 249 |
| Stopping the German Escape | |
| Southern Uprising | p. 257 |
| Withdrawal | p. 265 |
| Like Shooting Quail | p. 268 |
| "Purification" | p. 275 |
| Surrender | p. 283 |
| Epilogue | p. 292 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 299 |
| The Jedburgh Teams and Their Members | p. 305 |
| Notes | p. 315 |
| Sources | p. 365 |
| Permissions | p. 383 |
| Index | p. 385 |
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