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Operation Jedburgh: D-Day and America's First Shadow War Hardcover – May 4, 2006

by COLIN BEAVAN (Author)

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The thrilling inside story of the secret "special operations" mission that paved the way for D- Day—and changed the way America waged war

On D-Day, three hundred young American and Allied soldiers were dropped behind enemy lines to launch a secret sabotage mission code-named Jedburgh. Working with the French Resistance, the "Jeds" launched a stunningly effective guerrilla campaign against the German war machine. In this compelling narrative, Colin Beavan, whose grandfather Gerry Miller helped direct the operation for the OSS, tells the incredible story of the rowdy daredevils who carried out America’s first special-forces mission.

Drawing on scores of interviews with Jeds, Beavan’s history reads like a spy thriller. Dodging Gestapo spies, the Jeds armed and trained fighters who liberated Paris, snarled German transport throughout France, and provided essential cover to the invading Allied forces. Beavan focuses on key figures like William Colby, Stewart Alsop, and John Singlaub—all of whom went on to high-profile postwar careers—and shows how Jedburgh pioneered the specialforces procedures still used in Iraq and Afghanistan today.

This gripping history of the original special ops mission makes a major contribution to the literature of American warfare.

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While Hitler considered western European resistance forces a minor annoyance, movies and popular writers invariably extol the havoc they wreaked behind enemy lines, perhaps tipping the balance toward victory. In this vein, Beavan (Fingerprints) delivers a lively account of the immense Allied effort to stir up trouble in occupied France in support of the Normandy invasion in June 1944. Since 1940, the British and Free French had sent agents into France, but the Nazis tracked them down with alarming efficiency. Backed by U.S. leaders, Operation Jedburgh was born in 1943: hundreds of American, British and French volunteers parachuted into France to organize resistance forces and then lead them in a campaign of sabotage and guerrilla action. Many operations failed, but there were plenty of triumphs—perhaps the most spectacular being the surrender of 20,000 German troops in September 1944. Beavan, whose grandfather was a "Jed," interviewed 30 operatives, including former CIA director William Colby and Green Beret founder Aaron Banks, and recounts Jedburgh's exploits through their eyes. This involves a good deal of recreated dialogue and speculation—but it rings true. Historians may not share the author's conviction of Jedburgh's crucial role in the Allied victory, but he makes an entertaining case. (May 8)
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One D-Day problem for the Allies was preventing Nazi reinforcements from traveling to the Normandy battle area. One of their solutions, and Beavan's topic, was the sabotage and ambuscade of German units advancing by road. For this irregular warfare, planners had an asset in the French Resistance, but it lacked sufficient weaponry. How the Allies supplied the guns guides Beavan's story, which opens with the trawl through the ranks for French speakers able to fight behind the lines. Eventually, about 100 three-man teams were recruited, subsequently parachuted into the region in the period surrounding D-Day, and cooperated with the Resistance in harassing the German army into withdrawing from France. Beavans tells a bloody story of World War II small-unit combat and pitiless settling of scores between resisters and collaborators among the French. With able integration of secondary literature on Allied special operations with his original interviews with dozens of veterans of Operation Jedburgh, Beavan has produced an energetic, tension-soaked account of its face-to-face firefights and their significance to the big picture. Gilbert Taylor
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Hardcover: 432 pages
Publisher: Viking Adult (May 4, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0670037621
ISBN-13: 978-0670037629
Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 1.5 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 23 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,143,240 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #243 in Books > History > Military > Canada
- #1400 in Books > History > Military > Intelligence & Espionage
- #10213 in Books > History > Military > World War II

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