Clandestine Sea Operations to Brittany 1940-1944 / Brooks Richards.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richards, Brooks.

Series:

Government official history series.

Government official history series, 1474-8398

Secret flotillas ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Special Operations Executive--History--20th century.

Great Britain.

World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain.

World War, 1939-1945.

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

World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Mediterranean Region.

World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, British.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (412 p.)

Edition:

[2nd ed.].

Place of Publication:

London : Frank Cass, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With the fall of France, almost the entire coastline of Western Europe was in German hands. Clandestine sea transport operations provided lines of vital intelligence for wartime Britain. These 'secret flotillas' landed and picked up agents in and from France, and ferried Allied evaders and escapees. This activity was crucial to the SIS (Secret Intelligence Service) and the SOE (Special Operations Executive).This authoritative publication by the official historian, the late Sir Brooks Richards, vividly describes and analyses the clandestine naval operations that took place during Worl

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps and Figures; Preface to the Second Edition; Foreword by M.R.D.Foot; Acknowledgements to the First Edition; Acknowledgements to the Second Edition; Introduction; The Lost Battle for France: May-June 1940; The British Clandestine Services in the New Strategic Context; Slocum's Section and the First Operations to Northern France; First Contacts with the West Coast of France; August-October 1940; November 1940-March 1941; Did the Abwehr Allow L'migrant to Escape?; SOE's Aspirations and Operations: August 1940-June 1941

SOE's Endeavours to Set up Independent Sea Transport to Brittany, 1941April-November 1941; October 1941-February 1942; November 1941-June 1942; January 1942-March 1943; West Coast: November 1942-October 1943; North Coast: Winter 1943-44; The Aber-Benot Saga: November-December 1943; North Coast and the 'Var' Line: August 1943-April 1944; The 'Shelburne' Escape Line: January-March and July-August 1944; July-August 1944; Operations for SIS: January-August 1944; Escapes by Sea from Brittany: 1940-44; Epilogue; Notes; Clandestine Sea Transport Operations to North and West Coasts of France, 1940-44

Clandestine Escapes and Contacts at Sea by Vessels from Breton Ports, 1940-44Recommendations by Captain Slocum for Awards to Members of the 15th MGB Flotilla and Inshore Patrol Flotilla; Comments on Marie-Louise Rendezvous; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-135-77442-0

1-135-77443-9

1-280-09534-2

0-203-64211-2

9780203642115

OCLC:

437062471