Eisenhower's guerrillas : the Jedburghs, the Maquis, and the liberation of France / Benjamin F. Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Benjamin F., 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--France.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France.

World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France.

Guerrillas--France--History--20th century.

Guerrillas.

Special forces (Military science)--France--History--20th century.

Special forces (Military science).

Special operations (Military science)--France--History--20th century.

Special operations (Military science).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The challenges facing General Dwight Eisenhower before the Invasion of Normandy were not merely military but political as well. He knew that to liberate France, and to hold it, the Allies needed local help, which would necessitate coordinating with the highly independent French resistance groups known collectively as the maquis. The Allies' objective was to push the Germans out of France. The French objective, on the other hand, was a France free of all foreign armies, including the Allies. President Roosevelt refused to give full support to Charles de Gaulle, whom he mistrusted, and declined to supply the timing, location, and other key details of Operation Overlord to his Free French government. Eisenhower's hands were tied. He needed to involve the French, but without simultaneously involving them in operational planning. Into this atmosphere of tension and confusion jumped teams consisting of three officers each -- one from the British Special Operations Bureau, one from the U.S. Office of Strategic Services, one from the Free French Bureau Central de Renseignement -- as well as a radioman from any one of the three nations. Known as the Jedburghs, their primary purpose was to serve as liaisons to the maquis, working to arm, train, and equip them. They were to incite guerilla warfare. Benjamin Jones' Eisenhower's Guerrillas is the first book to show in detail how the Jedburghs -- whose heroism and exploits have been widely celebrated -- and the maquis worked together. Underscoring the critical and often overlooked role that irregular warfare played in Allied operations on the Continent, it tells the story of the battle for and liberation of France and the complexities that threatened to undermine the operation before it even began.

Contents:

Cover; Eisenhower's Guerrillas: The Jedburghs, the Maquis, and the Liberation of France; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; GLOSSARY; PROLOGUE: Eisenhower's Dilemma; 1: Guerrilla Warfare and the Design of the Jedburghs; 2: Enter the Americans; 3: Recreating France and the Rise of the Résistance; UNIFYING THE INTERIOR GROUPS AND LINKING THEM WITH THE FREE FRENCH; 4: North African Rehearsal; OVERLORD AND ALLIED PLANNING TO USE THE RESISTANCE; ALLIED SPECIAL FORCE PLANNING WITH THE FORCES FRANÇAISES DE L'INTÉRIEUR; MILTON HALL AND THE JEDBURGH PREPARATIONS

AIR SPECIAL OPERATIONS PICKS UP THE PACE5: The Politics Running into D-Day; 6: The Struggle for Control; TEAM HUGH; ORGANIZING THE RÉSISTANCE IN THE MORVAN; TEAMS IAN AND ANDY; SOUTHWESTERN FRANCE ; DE FACTO RECOGNITION; CONCLUSION; 7: The Free French Battle for Brittany and Eisenhower Battles for the Free French; TEAM GILES DEPLOYS; GENERAL KOENIG TAKES OVER GUERRILLA WARFARE IN FRANCE; TEAM GEORGE EVADES AND ATTEMPTS TO REORGANIZE THE LOIRE-INFERIEURE; BRITTANY CONCLUSION; 8: Setting the Trap; SETTING THE TRAP: CONVENTIONAL FORCES AND COORDINATING WITH THE MAQUIS; THE LIBÉRATION IN R5

9: The Fog of War in Eastern FranceCAPTURING PARIS AND SUPPORTING THE 12TH ARMY GROUP; THE FINAL PUSH-THE JEDBURGHS RUSH IN; GERMAN COUNTERINSURGENCY AND THE TRAGEDY OF TEAM JACOB; CONCLUSION; CONCLUSION: Eisenhower's Guerrillas in History and Memory; APPENDIX 1: French Resistance Leaders; APPENDIX 2: Jedburgh Teams; NOTES; Prologue: Eisenhower's Dilemma; Chapter 1: Guerrilla Warfare and the Design of the Jedburghs; Chapter 2: Enter the Americans; Chapter 3: Recreating France and the Rise of the Résistance; Chapter 4: North African Rehearsal; Chapter 5: The Politics Running into D-Day

Chapter 6: The Struggle for ControlChapter 7: The Free French Battle for Brittany and Eisenhower Battles for the Free French; Chapter 8: Setting the Trap; Chapter 9: The Fog of War in Eastern France; Conclusion: Eisenhower's Guerrillas in History and Memory; BIBLIOGRAPHY; PRIMARY SOURCES; Archival; United States; United Kingdom; France; Germany; Private Collections; Interviews with Author; Correspondence; Unpublished Works; Published Works; Unpublished Memoirs; Microfilm; SECONDARY; Scholarly Journals; Published Books; Newspapers and Magazines; Unpublished Works; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-935183-X

0-19-994209-9

OCLC:

935259017