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A thrilling account of one of the most important covert operations of World War II
In 1943, less than a year before D-Day, nearly three hundred American, British, and French soldiers-shadow warriors-parachuted deep behind enemy lines in France as part of the covert Operation Jedburgh. Working with the beleaguered French Resistance, the 'Jeds' launched a stunningly effective guerrilla campaign against the Germans in preparation for the Normandy invasion. Colin Beavan, whose grandfather helped direct Operation Jedburgh for the Office of Strategic Services, draws on scores of interviews with the surviving Jeds and their families to tell the thrilling story of the rowdy daredevils who carried out America's first specialforces missions? forever changing the way Americans wage war.
Colin Beavan is the author of Fingerprints: The Origins of Crime Detection and the Murder Case That Launched Forensic Science. He has written for Esquire, The Atlantic Monthly, Men's Journal, and Wired.
| 1 | Shadow war setback | 3 |
| 2 | Resistance? : what resistance? | 10 |
| 3 | A spark of rebellion | 16 |
| 4 | Uncle Sam joins in | 23 |
| 5 | A slim chance | 35 |
| 6 | Anyone here speak French? | 45 |
| 7 | We just want to fight | 51 |
| 8 | Shrinks with notepads | 59 |
| 9 | Killing lessons | 69 |
| 10 | Give her a ring and say good-bye | 76 |
| 11 | Happy New Year! | 82 |
| 12 | Close to mutiny | 88 |
| 13 | Eisenhower's plan | 95 |
| 14 | Some shit | 105 |
| 15 | In case of death | 112 |
| 16 | Suicide pills | 121 |
| 17 | Forget about vengeance | 130 |
| 18 | Boys vs. panzers | 137 |
| 19 | "Alles Kaputt" | 144 |
| 20 | Blowing trains to bits | 152 |
| 21 | Back in action | 159 |
| 22 | Napoleon's hat | 166 |
| 23 | Manna of weapons | 175 |
| 24 | What would dad think? | 180 |
| 25 | Insubordination | 186 |
| 26 | The breakout approaches | 197 |
| 27 | "In grave danger" | 203 |
| 28 | Cobra strike | 211 |
| 29 | "A message of the highest importance" | 219 |
| 30 | Flying body parts | 227 |
| 31 | Arrested | 235 |
| 32 | Jeds rain down | 243 |
| 33 | Leaving a man to die | 249 |
| 34 | Southern uprising | 257 |
| 35 | Withdrawal | 265 |
| 36 | Like shooting quail | 268 |
| 37 | "Purification" | 275 |
| 38 | Surrender | 283 |
| App | The Jedburgh teams and their members |
Anonymous
Posted February 13, 2013
What about the warrior code?
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Posted January 7, 2013
D: Lionblaze hurt them? Why would he do that? He isn't cruel! O.o Poor Nightpaw and Lilyblaze...
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Posted January 7, 2013
Very goid but a little bit to fast paced for me and difficult to understand i mean nightcloud dying just like that and nightpaw surviving a little mind wrenching. Wolfsun.
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Posted January 7, 2013
"Lilyblaze take Nightpaw, Ivypool, and Blackwing on a WindClan border patrol" Squirrelflight finshed. Lilyblaze yawned. She couldn't fall asleep last night. "Tired?" Ivypool asked. Lilyblaze nodded. Blackwing joined them. "Where's Nightpaw?" He asked. "I dunno" Lilyblaze shugged. "Here!" Nightpaw meowed. "Good. Let's go" Lilyblaze mewee and led the patrols out of camp. She started through the forest. What if whoever killed Skytail is hiding somewhere here Lilyblaze wondered Anyways why would someone kill Skytail. She's nice and popular among the other clans. What if- "isn't the WindClan border thaat way?" Nightpaw cut in. "She's right" Ivypool agreed. "Oh sorry" Lilyblaze apoligized........ As the patrol arrived at the border, she heard Nightpaw gasp. "Lionblaze!" She called. Lionblaze, who smelled like WindClan hissed. Nightpaw ran up to him. He was a couple tail-lenghs from the border. "Oh no" she heard Blackwing mutter. "Lionblaze! Come back! ThunderClan needs your strenght! Don't join these mangy rabbit-eaters!" Nightpaw meowed despertly. Lionblaze hissed. He smacked her head with his right paw. Nightpaw yowled and fell over. Lionblaze leaped and slashed her ear with a unsheathed claw. Lilyblaze leaped in and at Lionblaze. He swatted her like a badger and she went flying. Pain hit her as she slamed into the ground. Nightpaw yowled in fury and started hitting Lionblaze. He grabbed her paw ad threw her. She landed, on all four paws and ran uo to him. She headbutted him, but he slashed her belly. Lilyblaze got up, struggling, amd leaped in fround of Nightpaw. "Get off WindClan territory, tresspassers" Lionblaze growled. Lionblaze swatted Lilyblaze and she landed on her wound. She heard Lionblaze yowl in fury and passed out____ Nightpaw hissed as she saw he mentor went flying. Lilyblaze! She leapex and got intercepted by Nightcloud. Nightcloud bit down on her arm and slashed her belly. Blood gurgled out and Nightpaw weakly battered her. Nightcloud lifted a unsheathed claw and smiled. She's gonna kill me! With all her strength, Nightpaw bit down on Nightcloud's throat. Nightpaw let go amd Nightcloud fell. Lionblaze ran at her. Nightpaw grabbed Lilyblaze and ran. She left WindClan territory and sighed. "I'll never trust you again!" Nightpaw hissed. "Good" Lionblaze snarled and carried his dead clanmate back. Nightpaw dragged her mentor to camp......... As, Nightpaw entered she gasped. Cat's were fighting foxes. "Fox attack! Bramblestar yowled. Nightpaw leaped ad fell. The world started swaying. "Nightpaw!" A voice yowled as is she was underwater. Red fur blurred her vision. Blood? Or fox fur? Whatever it was, it hissed. Squirrelflight! Nightpaw weakly yowled for help as the darkness consummed her.....
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Posted August 2, 2006
This is a graet book easy yet informative reading. Auther did his homework when doing the research and interviews for this book . Excellent use of de-classified historical records. Has the narrative flow of a Steven Ambrose book
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Posted January 26, 2010
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Overview
A thrilling account of one of the most important covert operations of World War II
In 1943, less than a year before D-Day, nearly three hundred American, British, and French soldiers-shadow warriors-parachuted deep behind enemy lines in France as part of the covert Operation Jedburgh. Working with the beleaguered French Resistance, the 'Jeds' launched a stunningly effective guerrilla campaign against the Germans in preparation for the Normandy invasion. Colin Beavan, whose ...