Operation Jericho: Freeing The French Resistance From Gestapo Jail Amiens 1944 Robert Lyman Osprey Publishing Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

This Is The Story Of Operation Jericho Spectacular Prison Break Staged By An Elite Group British Australian And New Zealand Bomber Pilots Who Flew A Daring Low-Level Mission To Blow Holes In Walls Amiens Jail Free French Resistance Prisoners Under Sentence Death During World War Ii With D-Day Looming Early 1944 Was Time Massive Intelligence Activity Across Northern France Many Résistants Were Being Captured Imprisoned Germans Among Jails Full Agents Where Hundreds Awaited Likely Execution For Their Activities Repay Debt Honour Mi6 Requested Air Raid Seemingly Impossible Brief: Simultaneously As Men Women Possible While Minimizing Casualties Kill German Guards Quarters Crews Would Have Fly Bomb-Run At Altitude Just 20Ft Despite Huge Difficulties Raf Decided That Specialists No 140 Wing Had Chance Success Aid First-Hand Accounts Explanatory 3D Diagrams Dramatic Original Artwork Eminent Historian Robert Lyman Explains How One Most Difficult Raids Pulled Off Debunks Some Myths Over Why Ordered First Place Σελίδες: 80 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0802 Διαστάσεις: 18 4X18 4Cm