Vanguard
The True Stories of the Reconnaissance and Intelligence Missions behind D-Day
$80.07
- Hardcover
400 pages
- Release Date
2 September 2019
Summary
Operation OVERLORD, the opening up of an Allied second front by the invasionof the Normandy beaches in June 1944 was the largest military invasion of all time,but it was preceded by years of industrial scale intelligence collection and dangerousclandestine reconnaissance missions off the French coast.
VANGUARD is the untold story of this work, the intelligence machine and covertreconnaissance missions that went into the D-Day planning, such as the signalsintelligence intercepts, the agent running operations orchestrated by the 15th Flotilla,to the clandestine work of the X-Craft and COPP (Combined Operations PilotageParties) diver teams that scoured the Normandy coast months before the June 1944deadline.
The book pulls together previously unpublished but declassified Top Secretdocuments, diaries, letters and personal accounts from some of the few remainingveterans who were there.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781912690633 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1912690632 |
| Author: | David Abrutat, General Sir Gordon Messenger |
| Publisher: | Unicorn Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Unicorn Publishing Group |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 2 September 2019 |
| Weight: | 1.45kg |
| Dimensions: | 170mm x 240mm |
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Critics Review
‘[The] author of this outstanding book says he has long been in awe of the fortitude and resilience of the elite men and women who volunteered for special services duty during World War Two. He’s certainly paid tribute to them here. Particularly interesting are the many previously untold first-hand accounts…It’s a wonderful experience for us to share the author’s journey through recently declassified top secret documents, letters, diaries and personal accounts…Throughout 20 fascinating and impeccably researched chapters we meet many heroes and heroines…Vanguard is a powerhouse in the canon of military history works’ Britain at War’Among the numerous books published to mark the 75th anniversary of D Day, Vanguard must surely rank among the very best’ Gill Dowdall-Brown
David Abrutat
David Abrutat is an ex-Royal Marine Commando and former Reconnaissancespecialist who has been long being fascinated with the Second World War and thework of clandestine forces around the world. He is currently an Associate Fellow and Lecturer on the MA Security and IntelligenceStudies in the Department of Economics and International Studies at the Universityof Buckingham.
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