The tracks of the fox : uncovering secrets of wartime covert operations : now including 'Between two crosses' by Vic Calvat, as told to René Défourneaux

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Bibl.:p.257

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Includes index

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Pbk

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No title page, title taken from front cover and page 205

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Label with 'From the author for the pleasure and interest of those who research the past' on first page

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The author was born in France but his parents emigrated to America before the Second World War. During the War he joined the OSS and served under the SOE with the French Resistance as Julien Daniel. This book is about his time in France and the people he served with, as well as his attempt to meet again some of those involved in Operation Licensee

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'Between two crosses' by Vic Calvat, as told to René Défourneaux is the story of Father Nathanaël (Yves Carron de la Morinais) of the Benedictine Order who served with them in the Resistance as Lt. Norac

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Category: Books
Related period: Second World War (content), Second World War (content)
Creator: DEFOURNEAUX, RENE J. (Author)
CALVAT, VIC (Author)
Indiana Creative Arts (Publisher)
Production date: 2002
Place made: Indianapolis
Dimensions: whole: Dimensions: 23cm., Pagination: [3], iv, 264p.: ill., facsim., plan, ports.
Catalogue number: LBY 03 / 389

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