The cruel victory
Subtitle: the French Resistance, D-Day and the battle for the Vercors 1944
By: Paddy Ashdown
Publisher: William Collins
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 472
ISBN-13: 9780007520800
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Underground movements; Campaigns
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-456) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. The Vercors before the Vercors; title: 2. France from the Fall to 1943: Setting the Scene; title: 3. Beginnings; title: 4. The Army Goes Underground; title: 5. Camps and Plans; title: 6. Exodus and Folly; title: 7. Expectation, Nomadisation and Decapitation; title: 8. Retreat, Retrenchment and Reconstruction; title: 9. Pressure and Parachutes; title: 10. The Labours of Hercules; title: 11. January 1944; title: 12. Of Germans and Spies; title: 13. February 1944; title: 14. March 1944; title: 15. Weapons, Wirelesses, Air Drops and Codes; title: 16. April 1944; title: 17.A Basket of Crabs; title: 18. May 1944; title: 19. The First Five Days of June 1944; title: 20.D-Day: 6 June 1944; title: 21. Mobilization; title: 22. The First Battle of Saint-Nizier; title: 23. The Second Battle of Saint-Nizier; title: 24. Respite and Reorganization; title: 25.A Damned Good Show; title: 26. Mixed Messages; title: 27. The Republic; title: 28. Action and Expectation; title: 29. Bastille Day: 14 July 1944; title: 30. Pflaum's Plans and People; title: 31. The Rising Storm; title: 32. The End of Dreams: Friday 21 July 1944.; title: Contents note continued: 33. Fighting On: Saturday 22 July 1944; title: 34. The Final Battles: Sunday 23 July 1944; title: 35. Retreat and Refuge; title: 36. The Harrowing of the Vercors; title: 37. Resurgence and Revenge; title: 38. Aftermath and Afterlives; title: 39. Postscript.