No bridges blown : with the OSS Jedburghs in Nazi -occupied France / William B. Dreux.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dreux, William B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--France.

World War, 1939-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 322 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, 2020.

Summary:

A rediscovered classic of military history back in print for the seventy-fifth anniversary of the end of World War II When William B.Dreux parachuted into France in 1944, the OSS infantry officer had cinematic visions of blood-and-guts heroics, of leading the French Maquis resistance forces in daring missions to blow up key bridges and delay.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Foreword to the 2020 Edition

Preface

CHAPTER ONE The Decision

CHAPTER TWO The Congressional Country Club and Raleigh Manhattans

CHAPTER THREE How Sane are Paratroopers

CHAPTER FOUR Jeds in the Highlands of Scotland

CHAPTER FIVE Go Out Like a Guardsman, Sir!

CHAPTER SIX All the Jeds Get Married

CHAPTER SEVEN Running In!. . . Action Stations!

CHAPTER EIGHT The Hideout in the Rectory

CHAPTER NINE Germans and Calvados Everywhere

CHAPTER TEN Dialogue with a German

CHAPTER ELEVEN The Maquis Leader

CHAPTER TWELVE C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre

CHAPTER THIRTEE Norders from a General

CHAPTER FOURTEE Not Did Not Take Him Long to Die

CHAPTER FIFTEEN The 'Liberation' of Dinan

CHAPTER SIXTEEN But what we tried to do was correct

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Farewell to Milton Hall

Epilogue.

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (Science Direct, viewed September 17, 2022).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-268-10800-5

OCLC:

1155316710