They fought alone : the true story of the Starr Brothers, British secret agents in Nazi-occupied France
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Includes index.

"As far as the public knew, Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE) did not exist. But in 1940, during the darkest days of World War II, Prime Minister Winston Churchill created the top-secret operation to 'set Europe ablaze.' SOE would not only change the course of the war, but the nature of combat itself. Parachuting behind enemy lines and hiding in plain sight, the agents infiltrated Nazi-occupied territory to recruit local French resistants. Of the many conscripted, two recruits, the Starr brothers, stood out to become legendary figures. George Starr commanded networks of resistants in southwest France, cutting German communications and delaying the arrival of Nazi tanks to Normandy after D-Day by seventeen days. John Starr laid the groundwork for the Resistance in Burgundy until he was captured and imprisoned by the Nazis. Feats of boldness were many--but appalling scandals, including George's supposed torture and execution of prisoners, and John's alleged collaboration with his captors, overshadowed them all. At the war's end, Britain, France, and the United States awarded the Starr brothers medals for heroism. Yet on their return to Britain, military authorities accused one brother of war crimes and the other of treason. Written with complete and unrivaled access to only recently declassified documents from Britain's SOE files, alongside interviews with surviving wartime Resistance fighters, They Fought Alone is a dramatic tale of spies, sabotage, and the daring men and women who risked everything to change the course of World War II"--Back cover.

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