Vanguard: The True Stories of the Reconnaissance and Intelligence Missions behind D-Day

David Abrutat, General Sir Gordon Messenger KCB DSO OBE ADC Vice Chief of Defence Staff

ISBN 10: 1912690632 / ISBN 13: 9781912690633

Edité par Uniform 17/05/2019, 2019

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Synopsis :

Operation OVERLORD, the opening up of an Allied second front by the invasion of the Normandy beaches in June 1944 was the largest military invasion of all time, but it was preceded by years of industrial scale intelligence collection and dangerous clandestine reconnaissance missions off the French coast. 
VANGUARD is the untold story of this work, the intelligence machine and covert reconnaissance missions that went into the D-Day planning, such as the signals intelligence intercepts, the agent running operations orchestrated by the 15th Flotilla, to the clandestine work of the X-Craft and COPP (Combined Operations Pilotage Parties) diver teams that scoured the Normandy coast months before the June 1944 deadline. 
The book pulls together previously unpublished but declassified Top Secret documents, diaries, letters and personal accounts from some of the few remaining veterans who were there.

À propos de l?auteur: David Abrutat is an ex-Royal Marine Commando and former Reconnaissance specialist who has been long being fascinated with the Second World War and the work of clandestine forces around the world. He is currently an Associate Fellow and Lecturer on the MA Security and Intelligence Studies in the Department of Economics and International Studies at the University of Buckingham.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Vanguard: The True Stories of the ...
Éditeur : Uniform 17/05/2019
Date d'édition : 2019
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : Very Good