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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Glass, Charles, 1951-     Subjects     Starr, George Reginald, 1904-1980.     Starr, John Ashford Renshaw, 1908-1966.     Great Britain. Special Operations Executive -- Biography.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain.     Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Glass, Charles, 1951-       by title:      They fought alone : ...       by call number:      940.548641 G549t     Search the Web     Glass, Charles, 1951-     Starr, George Reginald, 1904-1980.     Starr, John Ashford Renshaw, 1908-1966.     Great Britain. Special Operations Executive -- Biography.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain.     Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France.       MARC Display

They fought alone : the true story of the Starr Brothers, British secret agents in Nazi-occupied France / Charles Glass. by Glass, Charles, 1951- Penguin Press, 2018. Call #: 940.548641 G549t Subjects Starr, George Reginald, 1904-1980.   Starr, John Ashford Renshaw, 1908-1966.   Great Britain. Special Operations Executive -- Biography.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain.   Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France. ISBN:  9781594206177 (hc.) Description:  xiv, 322 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  An unexpected encounter -- Called to the colors -- A beautiful friendship -- "I was a human being" -- A cursed day -- "It literally rained containers" -- Arrests and arrivals -- Avenue Boche -- Word of honor -- Sabotage -- John's cousin -- Das Reich -- The battle of Castelnau -- The Germans retreat -- "I said 'shit' to de Gaulle" -- Starrs on trial. Summary:  "After the defeat of the French Army and Britain's retreat from the Continent in June 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill created the [Special Operations Executive (SOE)] to 'set Europe ablaze.' The agents infiltrated Nazi-occupied territory, parachuting behind enemy lines and hiding in plain sight, quietly but forcefully recruiting, training, and arming local French résistants to attack the German war machine. SOE would not only change the course of the war, but the nature of combat itself. Of the many brave men and women conscripted, two Anglo-American recruits, the Starr brothers, stood out to become legendary figures to the guerillas, assassins, and saboteurs they led."--From publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 940.548641 G549t Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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