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The jail busters, the secret story of MI6, the French Resistance and Operation Jericho, 1944, Robert Lyman

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The jail busters, the secret story of MI6, the French Resistance and Operation Jericho, 1944, Robert Lyman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The jail busters

Oclc number

894315184

Responsibility statement

Robert Lyman

Sub title

the secret story of MI6, the French Resistance and Operation Jericho, 1944

Summary

In February 1944, the French Resistance in the Amiens area was in turmoil. Its strength had been decimated by German aggression and the work of a number of traitors in their midst, and hundreds of its members languished in the city's formidable jail, awaiting an almost certain death at the hands of their captors. When two Allied intelligence officers were incarcerated alongside them it became clear that immediate action was imperative. What followed was a precision air attack on the prison, of hitherto unrivalled daring, carried out by the RAF's elite 2nd Tactical Air Force. This text presents the true story behind one of the most audacious raids of World War II

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