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They fought alone : the true story of the Starr Brothers, British secret agents in Nazi-occupied France / Charles Glass.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Glass, Charles, 1951- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Starr, George Reginald, 1904-1980.
- Starr, George Reginald.
- Starr, John Ashford Renshaw, 1908-1966.
- Starr, John Ashford Renshaw.
- Great Britain. Special Operations Executive--Biography.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain. Special Operations Executive.
- World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Spies--Great Britain--Biography.
- Spies.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France.
- Secret service.
- War--Underground movements.
- France.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Penguin Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- "After the defeat of the French Army and Britain's retreat from the Continent in June 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill created the [Special Operations Executive (SOE)] to 'set Europe ablaze.' The agents infiltrated Nazi-occupied territory, parachuting behind enemy lines and hiding in plain sight, quietly but forcefully recruiting, training, and arming local French r�esistants to attack the German war machine. SOE would not only change the course of the war, but the nature of combat itself. Of the many brave men and women conscripted, two Anglo-American recruits, the Starr brothers, stood out to become legendary figures to the guerillas, assassins, and saboteurs they led"--Publisher marketing.
- Contents:
- An unexpected encounter
- Called to the colors
- A beautiful friendship
- "I was a human being"
- A cursed day
- "It literally rained containers"
- Arrests and arrivals
- Avenue Boche
- Word of honor
- Sabotage
- John's cousin
- Das Reich
- The battle of Castelnau
- The Germans retreat
- "I said 'shit' to de Gaulle"
- Starrs on trial.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Glass, Charles, 1951- author. They fought alone
- ISBN:
- 9781594206177
- 1594206171
- OCLC:
- 1024087583
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