The cruel victory : the French Resistance, D-Day and the battle for the Vercors 1944 /
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.
| Main Author: | Ashdown, Paddy, 1941- (Author) |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Institution: | Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Negeri Perak |
| Library: | Main Library |
| Record Id / ISBN-0: | ppap.51888 / 9780007520800 (hardback) |
| Online Public Access Catalog: | Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Negeri Perak |
| Published: |
London :
William Collins,
2014.
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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.