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They Fought Alone: The True Story of the Starr Brothers, agents secrets britanniques
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Caractéristiques de l'objet
- État
- Publication Date
- 2019-12-03
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN
- 9780143111139
- Book Title
- They Fought Alone : The True Story of the Starr Brothers, British Secret Agents in Nazi-Occupied France
- Item Length
- 8.4in
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, True Crime, History, Political Science
- Topic
- Cultural Heritage, Military / World War II, Espionage, Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, World / European
- Item Width
- 5.4in
- Item Weight
- 11.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
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"Highly detailed and fast-paced, Charles Glass's They Fought Alone is a must-read for those whose passion is the Resistance literature of World War II." --Alan Furst, author of A Hero of France From the bestselling author of Americans in Paris and The Deserters , the astounding story of Britain's Special Operations Executive, one of World War II's most important secret fighting forces As far as the public knew, Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE) did not exist. After the defeat of the French Army and Britain's retreat from the Continent in June 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill created the top-secret espionage operation 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 résistants 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. While both brothers were sent across the channel to organize against the Germans, their fates in war could hardly have been more different. Captain George Starr commanded networks of résistants in southwest France, cutting German communications, destroying weapons factories, and delaying the arrival of Nazi troops to Normandy by seventeen days after D-Day. Younger brother Lieutenant John Starr laid groundwork for resistance in the Burgundy countryside until he was betrayed, captured, tortured, and imprisoned by the Nazis in France and sent to a series of concentration camps in Germany and Austria. Feats of boldness and bravado were many, but appalling scandals, including George's supposed torture and execution of Nazis prisoners, and John's alleged collaboration with his German captors, overshadowed them all. At the war's end, Britain, France, and the United States awarded both brothers medals for heroism, and George would become one of only three among thousands of SOE operatives to achieve the rank of colonel. Yet, their battle honors did little to allay postwar allegations against them, and when they returned to England, their government accused both brothers of heinous war crimes. Here, for the first time, is the story of one of the great clandestine organizations of World War II, and of two heroic brothers whose ordeals during and after the war challenged the accepted myths of Britain's wartime resistance in occupied France. Written with complete and unrivaled access to only recently declassified documents from Britain's SOE files, French archives, family letters, diaries, and court records, along with interviews from surviving wartime Resistance fighters, They Fought Alone is a real-life thriller. Renowned journalist and war correspondent Charles Glass exposes a dramatic tale of spies, sabotage, and the daring men and women who risked everything to change the course of World War II.
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0143111132
ISBN-13
9780143111139
eBay Product ID (ePID)
26038272609
Product Key Features
Book Title
They Fought Alone : The True Story of the Starr Brothers, British Secret Agents in Nazi-Occupied France
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Cultural Heritage, Military / World War II, Espionage, Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, World / European
Publication Year
2019
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, True Crime, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.4in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.4in
Item Weight
11.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Reviews
"A lively account .... the work sheds lights on how British intelligence perilously worked with the French." -- Library Journal "Charles Glass....uses his considerable research and storytelling skills to uncover the little-known story of SOE (Special Operations Executive) agents George and John Starr....While They Fought Alone may read like a thriller, the enormous toll that the war took on George and John Starr is palpable. As we approach the 75th anniversary of D-Day in 2019, this book is a timely reminder of what it took to defeat tyranny." -- Bookpage "Glass's vividly written work adds an important chapter to the story of the Resistance." - Publishers Weekly "A fresh, detailed take on the patriotic legend of anti-Nazi insurgency....A well-rendered historical account emphasizing the moral complexities of unorthodox warfare." -- Kirkus "Highly detailed and fast-paced, Charles Glass's They Fought Alone is a must-read for those whose passion is the Resistance literature of World War II." --Alan Furst, author of A Hero of France "A fascinating, gripping account of two controversial secret agents, brothers who maneuvered with great cunning and managed to survive behind the lines in Nazi occupied France." --Alex Kershaw, author of Avenue of Spies and The Liberator
Dewey Decimal
940.54/86410922
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
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