Canadians behind enemy lines, 1939-1945 / / Roy MacLaren ; with a new preface

• Autore: MacLaren Roy
• Pubblicazione: Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (367 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.54/8641
• Soggetto topico: World War, 1939-1945 - Secret service - Great Britain; World War, 1939-1945 - Canada; World War, 1939-1945; Spies - Canada; Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 - Service secret - Grande-Bretagne; Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 - Service secret - Canada; Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945; Espions - Canada
• Note generali: Originally published: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 1981.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-320) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface to the 2004 Edition -- Preface to the 1981 Edition -- Two Clandestine Organizations -- The Beginnings -- Recruitment of Canadians -- Special Operations Executive -- The First Canadian Agents into France -- Victims -- Playing the Radio Game -- The Executions -- Survivors -- The Triumph of the Aged and Redundant -- D-Day -- Assignments from Algiers -- Yugoslavia -- The Balkans and Italy -- Asia -- Sarawak -- Burma -- Malaya -- M.I.9 -- Escape and Evasion -- Dieppe and Beyond -- The Cross-Channel Ferry -- The Mediterranean and Asia -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Frogmen in Burma -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: During the Second World War, Canadians found themselves behind enemy lines in Europe and Asia. Not all were ill-fated airmen, shot down in the fury of battle. Some were there by design, as volunteers who risked their lives in extremely hazardous assignments. Almost one hundred Canadians served the Allied forces by passing as locals in occupied countries. At the behest of two British secret services, these men made language and custom their costumes and wove themselves into the social fabric of France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Burma, Malaya, and Sarawak. They risked their lives assisting resistance groups in sabotage and ambush missions or in smuggling Allied airmen out of occupied territories. Quiet heroes of the war, these bold Canadians helped to make the brutal and unrelenting warfare of the underground a potent weapon in the Allied arsenal. Out of print for more than two decades, this bestselling book recognizes the unique contribution of these individuals to the underground war effort. It is also a study of unstinting personal courage in the face of overwhelming odds.
• Titolo autorizzato: Canadians behind enemy lines, 1939-1945
• ISBN: 1-283-13104-8; 9786613131041; 0-7748-5096-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823838903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II