The next moon : the remarkable true story of a British agent behind the lines in wartime France / André Hue and Ewen Southby-Tailyour.
The next moon : the remarkable true story of a British agent behind the lines in wartime France / André Hue and Ewen Southby-Tailyour.
By
:
Hue, André.
Publication Date
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2004
Publication Information
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London : Viking,
Physical Description
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320 p. : ill., maps.
Subject Term
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Brittany.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, French.
Guerrillas -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Geographic Term
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France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945.
Additional Contributors
:
Southby-Tailyour, Ewen.
Summary
:
Andre Hue was a daredevil. By the age of twenty the Anglo-Frenchman had survived shipwreck and years undercover in France, sabotaging German supply lines. Returning to Britain, he was recruited by SOE to parachute behind enemy lines on 5 June 1944, to unite resistance forces in Brittany and paralyse local German troops during the Allied invasion. Though Hue's mission was fraught with difficulty - he missed his landing site, his secret base camp became the site of a pitch battle and a band of Cossacks tried to hunt him down - he knew that thousands of lives depended on his success or failure.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9780670914784
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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Lourdes (WLR) | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 940.5486 H87 | Checked In |