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03000aam a22005174i 4500 001 A0071C1AB8AC11E8AB66BC4F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180915010018 008 180603t20182018nyua b 001 0ceng c 010 $a 2018006208 020 $a 1594206171 020 $a 9781594206177 035 $a (OCoLC)1024087583 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d GK8 $d TOH $d OCO $d CGP $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-fr--- $a e-fr--- 050 00 $a D810.S8 $b S744 2018 082 00 $a 940.54/86410922 $2 23 100 1 $a Glass, Charles, $d 1951- $e author. 245 10 $a They fought alone : $b the true story of the Starr Brothers, British secret agents in Nazi-occupied France / $c Charles Glass. 264 1 $a New York : $b Penguin Press, $c 2018. 300 $a xiv, 322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a An unexpected encounter -- Called to the colors -- A beautiful friendship -- "I was a human being" -- A cursed day -- "It literally rained containers" -- Arrests and arrivals -- Avenue Boche -- Word of honor -- Sabotage -- John's cousin -- Das Reich -- The battle of Castelnau -- The Germans retreat -- "I said 'shit' to de Gaulle" -- Starrs on trial. 520 $a "After the defeat of the French Army and Britain's retreat from the Continent in June 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill created the [Special Operations Executive (SOE)] to 'set Europe ablaze.' The agents infiltrated Nazi-occupied territory, parachuting behind enemy lines and hiding in plain sight, quietly but forcefully recruiting, training, and arming local French reÌsistants to attack the German war machine. SOE would not only change the course of the war, but the nature of combat itself. Of the many brave men and women conscripted, two Anglo-American recruits, the Starr brothers, stood out to become legendary figures to the guerillas, assassins, and saboteurs they led"--Publisher marketing. 600 10 $a Starr, George Reginald, $d 1904-1980. 600 10 $a Starr, John Ashford Renshaw, $d 1908-1966. 610 10 $a Great Britain. $b Special Operations Executive $v Biography. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Secret service $z Great Britain. 650 0 $a Spies $z Great Britain $v Biography. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Underground movements $z France. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 11 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409032254.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012023158.0 952 $l TWPC862 $d 20230330011454.0 952 $l HOPC845 $d 20200310035650.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110074639.0 952 $l BZPC851 $d 20190610181454.0 952 $l YXPB162 $d 20190124013555.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20181106012739.0 952 $l EGPB605 $d 20181016151849.0 $m 920 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006121342.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20180915010057.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A0071C1AB8AC11E8AB66BC4F97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search