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Author:
Glass, Charles, 1951- author.
Title:
They fought alone : the true story of the Starr Brothers, British secret agents in Nazi-occupied France / Charles Glass.
Publisher:
Penguin Press,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
xiv, 322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
Starr, George Reginald,--1904-1980.
Starr, John Ashford Renshaw,--1908-1966.
Great Britain.--Special Operations Executive--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain.
Spies--Great Britain--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France.
Biographies.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
"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 reĢsistants 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.
ISBN:
1594206171
9781594206177
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1024087583
LCCN:
2018006208
Locations:
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
YXPB162 -- Clarence Public Library (Edna Zybell Memorial Library) (Clarence)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
HOPC845 -- Hull Public Library (Hull)
EGPB605 -- Larchwood Public Library (Larchwood) — 920
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)
GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)
BZPC851 -- Slater Public Library (Slater)
TWPC862 -- Toledo Public Library (Toledo)

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