No Bridges Blown
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No Bridges Blown

With the OSS Jedburghs in Nazi-Occupied France

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eBook - ePub

No Bridges Blown

With the OSS Jedburghs in Nazi-Occupied France

About this book

A rediscovered classic of military history back in print for the seventy-fifth anniversary of the end of World War II

When William B. Dreux parachuted into France in 1944, the OSS infantry officer had cinematic visions of blood-and-guts heroics, of leading the French Maquis resistance forces in daring missions to blow up key bridges and delay the German advance.

This isn't the glamorized screen-ready account he expected; this is the real story. Dreux's three-man OSS team landed behind enemy lines in France, in uniform, far from the targeted bridges. No Bridges Blown is a story of mistakes, failures, and survival, a story of volunteers and countrymen working together in the French countryside. The only book written by one of the Jedburghs about his wartime experiences, Dreux brings the history of World War II to life with stories of real people amidst a small section of the fighting in France. These people had reckless courage, little training, and faced impossible odds. This story will resonate with veterans and everyday citizens alike and it brings to life the realities of war on the ground in Nazi-occupied France.

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Information

Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Year
2020
Print ISBN
9780253014979
9780268107970
eBook ISBN
9780268107994
Topic
Storia
Subtopic
Biografie in ambito storico

Table of contents

  1. Title
  2. Copyrights
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword to the 2020 Edition, Benjamin F. Jones
  6. Preface
  7. Chapter One The Decision
  8. Chapter Two The Congressional Country Club and Raleigh Manhattans
  9. Chapter Three How Sane are Paratroopers?
  10. Chapter Four Jeds in the Highlands of Scotland
  11. Chapter Five “Go Out Like a Guardsman, Sir!”
  12. Chapter Six All the Jeds Get ‘Married’
  13. Chapter Seven “Running In! . . . Action Stations!”
  14. Chapter Eight The Hideout in the Rectory
  15. Chapter Nine Germans and Calvados Everywhere
  16. Chapter Ten Dialogue with a German
  17. Chapter Eleven The Maquis Leader
  18. Chapter Twelve “C’est magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la guerre”
  19. Chapter Thirteen Orders from a General
  20. Chapter Fourteen It Did Not Take Him Long to Die
  21. Chapter Fifteen The ‘Liberation’ of Dinan
  22. Chapter Sixteen “But what we tried to do was correct”
  23. Chapter Seventeen Farewell to Milton Hall
  24. Epilogue

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