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    Accidental Agent: Behind Enemy Lines with the French Resistance
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    Accidental Agent: Behind Enemy Lines with the French Resistance

    By John Goldsmith

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    John Goldsmith’s wartime exploits are remarkable considering that at first his services were consistently refused. In 1942 he was recruited into Buckmaster’s F Section of the Special Operations Executive. His faultless French and upbringing in Paris were to prove invaluable. After intensive training he was parachuted into France for the first of his three missions.

    His adventures included crossing the Pyrenees, sabotage, forming his own circuits, being captured by the Gestapo, a daring escape and black-marketeering. In 1944, he was advisor to the Maquis in the Mont Ventoux area where they fought the Germans in pitched battles and won.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPen and Sword
    Release dateJan 19, 2017
    ISBN9781473887831
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    Accidental Agent: Behind Enemy Lines with the French Resistance
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    John Goldsmith

    John Goldsmith nació en Londres en 1947, y estudio en Winchester y en la universidad de Aix-Marsella. He publicadohasta la fecha cuatro novelas, y escrito varios libros infantiles, asi como “Viaje en el Beagle” (1978), relato autobiográfico de la reconstrucción de la vuelto al mundo efectuado por Charles Darwin. Tambien he realizado guiones para muchas series de televisión. Donald R. Bernard nació en San Antonio, Texas y estudió en la Universidad de San Carlos, ciudad de Guatemala, la Universidad de Michigan y la Universidad de Texas. Es un ex comandante, servicio de submarino de Armada de los Estados Unidos, profesor de derecho internacional y el abogado, que ahora es un consultor de negocios internacionales.

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