Runways to Freedom - Couverture souple

Body, Robert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1326098403 ISBN 13 : 9781326098407

Editeur : Lulu.com, 2016

Synopsis

The Nazi occupation of much of Western Europe in early 1940 posed many challenges for the British Secret Services. A high priority was to find an effective means of infiltrating and exfiltrating agents and, later, reliable methods for supplying the growing resistance movements with arms and ammunition. The work fell outside the normal duties of RAF squadrons so, in March 1940, RAF Tempsford in Bedfordshire became the base for No.138 (SD) Squadron and No. 161 (SD) Squadrons. Flying mainly by the light of the full moon, these two squadrons operated throughout the length and breadth of Western Europe, delivering agents and supplies. Without the agents the secret services would have been hamstrung, and without the supplies the resistance movements would have been unable to participate in the armed struggle. By the end of the war, the Squadrons had, between them, lost in excess of 600 men. THIS IS THEIR STORY.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lulu.com
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1326098403
• ISBN 13: 9781326098407
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 302
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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