From the bestselling and prize-winning author of 'A Brilliant Little Operation' comes the long neglected D-Day story of the largest action by the French Resistance during WWII, published to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings.
A new book from the former Royal Marine, intelligence officer and leader of the Liberal Democrats, this looks at the French Resistance movement, the Vercors. As the Allied troops stormed the D-Day beaches, the Vercors rose up to fight the Nazis in a planned rearguard action. Follows the success of "A Brilliant Little Operation". *Also appeared in May Buyer's Notes*