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No small achievement : special operations executive and the Danish resistance 1940-1945 / Knud J.V. Jespersen ; translated by Christopher Wade.
Van Pelt Library D802.D4 J3913 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jespersen, Knud J. V.
- Series:
- University of Southern Denmark studies in history and social sciences 0078-3307 ; v. 252.
- University of Southern Denmark studies in history and social sciences, 0078-3307 ; v. 252.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain. Special Operations Executive.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Denmark.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- International relations.
- History.
- Denmark--History--German occupation, 19401945.
- Denmark.
- Great Britain. Special Operations Executive--History.
- Great Britain.
- Denmark--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--Denmark.
- Physical Description:
- 591 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Odense : University Press of Southern Denmark, 2002.
- Contents:
- 1. A Memorial Stone 9
- 2. The Establishment of the SOE, 1940 24
- 3. The Danish Section 39
- 4. The Course is Set, 1940-1941 58
- 5. The Disaster at Haslev, 1941 82
- 6. Crisis and a Change of Direction 98
- 7. The Princes and the P-plan, 1942 113
- 8. Christmas Moller and the SOE 129
- 9. The Princes under Pressure 148
- 10. A New Start and a New Leader, Flemming Muus 169
- 11. Towards the August Rising, 1943 187
- 12. "One of the great acts in the drama of the occupation" 200
- 13. The Chief Organiser returns to Denmark 218
- 14. Autumn 1943: the SOE in a Crisis 233
- 15. Autumn 1943: The Bayonets are Fixed 251
- 16. Captain Gyth's Unsuccessful Mission 273
- 17. The Spectre of Communism 299
- 18. Spring, 1944: Problems in the Organisation 315
- 19. The SOE and the Build-up of the Resistance Army 337
- 20. Autumn, 1944: A Dance on a Tightrope 361
- 21. A Despondent Autumn, 1944: the SOE Loses Ground 378
- 22. Towards Allied Status 396
- 23. Under Military Command 410
- 24. The Last Chief Organiser 427
- 25. A Difficult Debut 443
- 26. The Final Act 461
- 27. From War to Peace 476
- 28. "Thus have I, Wall, my part discharged ..." 496.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 8778386918
- OCLC:
- 50868987
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