The jail busters : the secret story of MI6, the French Resistance and Operation Jericho, 1944
Lyman, Robert2014
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In February 1944, the French Resistance in the Amiens area was in turmoil. Its strength had been decimated by German aggression and the work of a number of traitors in their midst, and hundreds of its members languished in the city's formidable jail, awaiting an almost certain death at the hands of their captors. When two Allied intelligence officers were incarcerated alongside them it became clear that immediate action was imperative. What followed was a precision air attack on the prison, of hitherto unrivalled daring, carried out by the RAF's elite 2nd Tactical Air Force. This text presents the true story behind one of the most audacious raids of World War II.
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Author:
Lyman, Robert, author
Edition:
Large print ed.
Imprint:
Leicester : Howes, 2014.Rearsby : Clipper Large Print, 2014.
Collation:
432 pages (large print)
Notes:
Originally published: London: Quercus.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781471275029 (pbk)1471275027
Dewey class:
940.5'44'941940.54494
Local class:
940.544940.544941
Language:
English
Subject:
Operation JerichoWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, BritishWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, GermanBombing, Aerial -- France -- Amiens -- History -- 20th centuryEscapes -- France -- Amiens -- History -- 20th centuryLarge type booksWarfare and DefenceWorld War II -- Resistance movements
BRN:
660799
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