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The cruel victory

the French Resistance, D-Day and the battle for the Vercors 1944

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An edition of The cruel victory (2014)

The cruel victory

the French Resistance, D-Day and the battle for the Vercors 1944

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From the bestselling and prize-winning author of 'A Brilliant Little Operation' comes the long neglected D-Day story of the largest action by the French Resistance during WWII, published to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings.

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William Collins
Language
English
Pages
472

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Subjects

World War, 1939-1945, Underground movements, Campaigns, World war, 1939-1945, underground movements, france, World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, france

Places

France, Vercors
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The cruel victory: the French Resistance, D-Day and the battle for the Vercors 1944
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Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Vercors before the Vercors
2. France from the Fall to 1943: Setting the Scene
3. Beginnings
4. The Army Goes Underground
5. Camps and Plans
6. Exodus and Folly
7. Expectation, Nomadisation and Decapitation
8. Retreat, Retrenchment and Reconstruction
9. Pressure and Parachutes
10. The Labours of Hercules
11. January 1944
12. Of Germans and Spies
13. February 1944
14. March 1944
15. Weapons, Wirelesses, Air Drops and Codes
16. April 1944
17.A Basket of Crabs
18. May 1944
19. The First Five Days of June 1944
20.D-Day: 6 June 1944
21. Mobilization
22. The First Battle of Saint-Nizier
23. The Second Battle of Saint-Nizier
24. Respite and Reorganization
25.A Damned Good Show
26. Mixed Messages
27. The Republic
28. Action and Expectation
29. Bastille Day: 14 July 1944
30. Pflaum's Plans and People
31. The Rising Storm
32. The End of Dreams: Friday 21 July 1944.
Contents note continued: 33. Fighting On: Saturday 22 July 1944
34. The Final Battles: Sunday 23 July 1944
35. Retreat and Refuge
36. The Harrowing of the Vercors
37. Resurgence and Revenge
38. Aftermath and Afterlives
39. Postscript.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-456) and index.

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London

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Library of Congress
D802.F82 V47 2014, D802.F8

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Pagination
xxiii, 472 pages
Number of pages
472

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OL31216666M
Internet Archive
cruelvictoryfren0000ashd
ISBN 10
0007520808
ISBN 13
9780007520800
LCCN
2014432678
OCLC/WorldCat
876284444

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