Secret Flotillas: Clandestine Sea Operations to Brittany 1940-1944 Volume 1

Secret Flotillas, Volume 1: Clandestine Sea Operations to Brittany 1940-1944 КНИГИ ;ВОЕННАЯ ИСТОРИЯ Издательство: Frank CassАвтор(ы): Brooks RichardsЯзык: EnglishГод издания: 2004Количество страниц: 412ISBN: 0-203-64211-2Формат: e-bookРазмер: 15.2 mb RapidIfolder 85 Book Cover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 2 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 8 List of Illustrations......Page 10 List of Maps and Figures......Page 13 Preface to the Second Edition......Page 14 Foreword......Page 15 Acknowledgements to the First Edition......Page 17 Acknowledgements to the Second Edition......Page 21 Introduction......Page 22 I The Lost Battle for France: May–June 1940......Page 26 II The British Clandestine Services in the New Strategic Context......Page 37 III Slocum’s Section and the First Operations to Northern France......Page 45 IV First Contacts with the West Coast of France......Page 51 V August–October 1940......Page 65 VI November 1940–March 1941......Page 88 VII Did the Abwehr Allow L’Emigrant to Escape?......Page 97 VIII SOE’s Aspirations and Operations: August 1940–June 1941......Page 101 IX SOE’s Endeavours to Set Up Independent Sea Transport to Brittany, 1941......Page 111 X April–November 1941......Page 116 XI October 1941–February 1942......Page 124 XII November 1941–June 1942......Page 135 XIII January 1942–March 1943......Page 151 XIV West Coast: November 1942–October 1943......Page 168 XV North Coast: Winter 1943–44......Page 177 XVI The Aber-Benoit Saga: November–December 1943......Page 211 XVII North Coast and the ‘Var’ Line: August 1943–April 1944......Page 242 XVIII The ‘Shelburne’ Escape Line: January-March and July–August 1944......Page 263 XIX July–August 1944......Page 292 XX Operations for SIS: January–August 1944......Page 296 XXI Escapes by Sea from Brittany: 1940–44......Page 310 Epilogue......Page 317 Notes......Page 322 Appendix A: Clandestine Sea Transport Operations to North and West Coasts of France, 1940–44......Page 332 Appendix B: Clandestine Escapes and Contacts at Sea by Vessels from Breton Ports, 1940–44......Page 360 Appendix C: Recommendations by Captain Slocum for Awards to Members of the 15th MGB Flotilla and Inshore Patrol Flotilla......Page 370 Appendix D: Comments on Marie-Louise Rendezvous......Page 386 Bibliography......Page 388 Index......Page 391 With The Fall Of France, Almost The Entire Coastline Of Western Europe Was In German Hands. Clandestine Sea Transport Operations Provided Lines Of Vital Intelligence For Wartime Britain. These 'secret Flotillas' Landed And Picked Up Agents In And From France, And Ferried Allied Evaders And Escapees. This Activity Was Crucial To The Sis (secret Intelligence Service) And The Soe (special Operations Executive). This Authoritative Publication By The Official Historian, The Late Sir Brooks Richards, Vividly Describes And Analyses The Clandestine Naval Operations That Took Place During World War Two.