The Cruel Victory - The French Resistance, D-Day and the Battle for the Vercors 1944

Informationen zum Autor After service as a Royal Marine Commando Officer, Paddy Ashdown served as a diplomat in the Foreign Office before being elected as the Member of Parliament for Yeovil, serving in that capacity from 1983 to 2001. In 1988 he became leader of the Liberal Democrats, standing aside after eleven years of leading his Party. Later he was appointed as the international community’s High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, serving from 2002 to 2006. Klappentext From best-selling author of `A Brilliant Little Operation¿, winner of the British Army Military History prize and the Royal marines History prize for 2013, comes the long neglected D-Day story of the Resistance uprising and subsequent massacre on the Vercors massif ¿ the largest action by the French Resistance during the Second World War. Zusammenfassung From best-selling author of ‘A Brilliant Little Operation’, winner of the British Army Military History prize and the Royal marines History prize for 2013, comes the long neglected D-Day story of the Resistance uprising and subsequent massacre on the Vercors massif – the largest action by the French Resistance during the Second World War.

Product details

• Authors: Paddy Ashdown
• Publisher: William Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 12.03.2015
• EAN: 9780007520817
• ISBN: 978-0-00-752081-7
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 37 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; France, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / France, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), War and defence operations, War & defence operations, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater