A well written book that describes the selection and training of the Jedburgh operatives who would jump into France after D-Day to organize the resistance into a somewhat cohesive, paramilitary force. This force of often inexperienced men and boys would then hit the Germans where they were weakest and vulnerable.
Filled with stories of unbelievable heroism, abject cowardice and brutal violence, this easy read details the hidden side of the fighting in France that committed almost 300,000 men and women to the support of the Allied armies. Good or bad, the Jedburghs and the French people they organized would significantly assist Allied armies in the destruction of the German forces and the liberation of France.
The book also details the German atrocities and the French reaction to those gruesome crimes with their own atrocities against the Germans and any suspected French collaborators.
Filled with stories of unbelievable heroism, abject cowardice and brutal violence, this easy read details the hidden side of the fighting in France that committed almost 300,000 men and women to the support of the Allied armies. Good or bad, the Jedburghs and the French people they organized would significantly assist Allied armies in the destruction of the German forces and the liberation of France.
The book also details the German atrocities and the French reaction to those gruesome crimes with their own atrocities against the Germans and any suspected French collaborators.
