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Vanguard :
the true stories of the reconnaissance and intelligence missions behind D-Day /

Abrutat, David,

Vanguard : the true stories of the reconnaissance and intelligence missions behind D-Day / David Abrutat ; foreword by Gordon Messenger. - 400 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Operation Overlord, the opening up of an Allied second front by the invasion of 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 dangerous clandestine reconnaissance missions off the French coast. Vanguard is the untold story of this work, the intelligence machine and covert reconnaissance missions that went into the D-Day planning, such as the signals intelligence intercepts, the agent running operations orchestrated by the 15th Flotilla, to the clandestine work of the X-Craft and COPP (Combined Operations Pilotage Parties) diver teams that scoured the Normandy coast months before the June 1944 deadline. The book pulls together previously unpublished but declassified Top Secret documents, diaries, letters and personal accounts from some of the few remaining veterans who were there"--

9781912690633 1912690632 9781911604402 1911604406

GBB993547 bnb GBB993519 bnb

019412124 Uk 019412096 Uk


Great Britain. Combined Operations Command. Combined Operations Pilotage Parties.


World War, 1939-1945--Reconnaissance operations.
World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence.
Operation Overlord.

D810.S7 / A27 2019

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