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Fighting the Nazis : French military intelligence and counterintelligence, 1935-1945 / Paul Paillole ; [translated by Robert L. Miller].
LIBRA D810.S7 P3413 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Paillole, Paul.
- Standardized Title:
- Services spéciaux, 1934-1945. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--France.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Germany.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, French.
- Paillole, Paul.
- Intelligence service--France.
- Intelligence service.
- France.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives -- French.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 492 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First English language edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Enigma, [2003]
- Summary:
- This book is filled with dangerous and exciting case stories against the Germans who were occupying France, and against those French citizens who actively helped the enemy.
- Contents:
- Part I The Collapse November 1935-June 1940
- 1. One Against Ten 1
- 2. Inside the Abwehr 20
- 3. Organizing the Resistance 39
- 4. Nazi Infiltration 68
- 5. Stopping the Spies 80
- 6. The Abwehr's Fifth Column 98
- 7. Forecasting a War 111
- 8. The Fifth Bureau 119
- 9. The Lost Battle 129
- 10. The Downfall and Our Revolt 152
- Part II The Recovery July 1940-November 1942
- 11. The TR
- Clandestine Counterespionage 163
- 12. The Armistice Army and the BMAs 174
- 13. Counterespionage Attacks the Enemy 187
- 14. Resisting Germany 214
- 15. Initial Clashes 250
- 16. North Africa in the Secret War 268
- 17. The End of the BMAs 279
- 18. The SSM
- Military Security Service 296
- 19. Treason and Double Cross 304
- 20. The Eve of Battle 313
- Part III Deliverance November 1942-November 1944
- 21. The Turning Point: November 8, 1942 323
- 22. Spain 332
- 23. London 343
- 24. Algiers 350
- 25. Military Security and Counterespionage in North Africa 361
- 26. Sabotage and Propaganda in North Africa 379
- 27. Disinformation and Military Operations 387
- 28. Counterespionage and Military Security (SSM) in France 405
- 29. Merging the Special Services: Traditional and BCRA 427
- 30. The Landings in France and French Sovereignty 442
- 31. Liberation and the DGER 452.
- Notes:
- "Memoirs of the only French officer in on the secrets of D-Day!"--Jacket.
- Translation of: Services spéciaux, 1935-1945.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1929631138
- OCLC:
- 52552142
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