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

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Paddy Ashdown. The Cruel Victory: The French Resistance, D-Day and the Battle for the Vercors 1944

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CONTENTS

A NOTE ON USAGES

PREFACE

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

LIST OF MAPS

PROLOGUE

1. THE VERCORS BEFORE THE VERCORS

2. FRANCE FROM THE FALL TO 1943: SETTING THE SCENE

3. BEGINNINGS

4. THE ARMY GOES UNDERGROUND

5. CAMPS AND PLANS

6. EXODUS AND FOLLY

7. EXPECTATION, NOMADISATION AND DECAPITATION

8. RETREAT, RETRENCHMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION

9. PRESSURE AND PARACHUTES

10. THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

11. JANUARY 1944

12. OF GERMANS AND SPIES

13. FEBRUARY 1944

14. MARCH 1944

15. WEAPONS, WIRELESSES, AIR DROPS AND CODES

16. APRIL 1944

17. A BASKET OF CRABS

18. MAY 1944

19. THE FIRST FIVE DAYS OF JUNE 1944

20. D-DAY: 6 JUNE 1944

21. MOBILIZATION

22. THE FIRST BATTLE OF SAINT-NIZIER

23. THE SECOND BATTLE OF SAINT-NIZIER

24. RESPITE AND REORGANIZATION

25. A DAMNED GOOD SHOW

26. MIXED MESSAGES

27. THE REPUBLIC

28. ACTION AND EXPECTATION

29. BASTILLE DAY: 14 JULY 1944

30. PFLAUM’S PLANS AND PEOPLE

31. THE RISING STORM

32. THE END OF DREAMS: FRIDAY 21 JULY 1944

33. FIGHTING ON: SATURDAY 22 JULY 1944

34. THE FINAL BATTLES: SUNDAY 23 JULY 1944

35. RETREAT AND REFUGE

36. THE HARROWING OF THE VERCORS

37. RESURGENCE AND REVENGE

38. AFTERMATH AND AFTERLIVES

39. POSTSCRIPT

ANNEX A

ANNEX B

ANNEX C

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

NOTES

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

PICTURE SECTION

INDEX

ALSO BY PADDY ASHDOWN

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

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Anon

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HUET, François (HERVIEUX)

Commanded the Maquis on the Vercors.

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