The Cruel Victory: The French Resistance, D-Day and the Battle for the Vercors 1944. Paddy Ashdown

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Название The Cruel Victory: The French Resistance, D-Day and the Battle for the Vercors 1944
Автор произведения Paddy Ashdown
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by de Gaulle as CO of FFI.

      LASSALLE, Pierre (BENJAMIN and BOLIVIEN)

      Descour’s radio operator at La Matrassière and La Britière.

      LE RAY, Alain (BASTIDE and ROUVIER)

      Vercors military commander until January 1944 and then FFI commander of Isère Department.

      LONGE, Desmond (RÉFRACTION)

      Leader of Eucalyptus Mission.

      MARTIN, Léon Dr

      One of the founders of Grenoble resistance in the Café de la Rotonde.

      MAYAUD, Charlotte (CHARLOTTE)

      Early Vercors Resistant and organizer in Villard de Lans. Also a courier and liaison agent.

      MOCKLER-FERRYMAN, Eric

      Director for SOE operations in western Europe.

      MONTEFUSCO, Mario (TITIN and ARGENTIN)

      Radio operator at La Britière.

      MOULIN, Jean (REX, MAX and RÉGIS)

      De Gaulle’s representative in southern France and the architect of the unified southern Resistance.

      MYERS, Chester L.

      Hoppers’ second-in-command on the Justine Mission.

      NIEHOFF, Heinrich

      German military commander southern France.

      ORTIZ, Peter Julien (CHAMBELLAN and JEAN-PIERRE)

      US Marine parachuted in with the Union Mission and subsequently the head of Union II.

      PECQUET, André Édouard (BAVAROIS and PARAY)

      Eucalyptus Mission radio operator.

      PFLAUM, Karl Ludwig

      Commander 157th Reserve Division.

      PINHAS, France

      Nurse at the second Battle of Saint-Nizier.

      PRÉVOST, Jean (GODERVILLE)

      Writer and friend of Dalloz. Commander of Compagnie Goderville in the north of the Vercors.

      PROVENCE, Mireille

      Milice spy.

      PUPIN, Aimé (MATHIEU)

      Early Vercors Resistance leader.

      RAYNAUD, Pierre (ALAIN)

      An agent of Cammaerts and commander of a Drôme Maquis unit.

      REY, Fabien (MARSEILLE and BLAIREAU)

      Expert in and author of Maquisard guide to the the flora and fauna of the Vercors.

      REY, Sylviane

      Nurse and friend of Francis Cammaerts.

      RITTER, Stefan

      Commander No. 8 Company Reserve Gebirgsjäger Battalion II/98.

      ROMANS-PETIT, Henri (ROMANS)

      Resistance leader in the Jura.

      ROUDET, Marcel (RAOUL)

      Corrupt Lyon policeman who led his own ‘Raoul Maquis’.

      SALLIER, Ferdinand (CHRISTOPHE)

      Maquis leader in the west of the Vercors.

      SAMUEL, Dr Eugène (JACQUES and RAVALEC)

      Early founder of the Resistance movement in Villard-de-Lans.

      SCHÄFER, Friedrich

      Commander Kampfgruppe Schäfer.

      SCHWEHR, Franz

      Commander Kampfgruppe Schwehr.

      SEEGER, Alfred

      Commander Kampfgruppe Seeger.

      SOUSTELLE, Jacques

      Confidant of de Gaulle and head of the French Directorate for Intelligence and Special Forces.

      STÜLPNAGEL, Carl-Heinrich

      German military commander for all France.

      TANANT, Pierre (LAROCHE)

      Huet’s Chief of Staff.

      THACKTHWAITE, Henry (PROCUREUR)

      British member of the Union Mission.

      TOURNISSA, Jean (PAQUEBOT)

      Landing-ground expert sent in to build an airstrip at Vassieux.

      ULLMAN, Henri (PHILIPPE)

      Commander of Compagnie Philippe.

      ULLMANN, Dr Marcel

      Doctor in Saint-Martin and Grotte de la Luire.

      VILLEMAREST, Pierre FAILLANT de (FRANTZ)

      Maquis intelligence expert and later commander of the Groupe Vallier.

      VINCENT, Gaston (AZUR and PIERRE)

      OSS agent in Saint-Agnan.

      VINCENT-BEAUME, André (Capt. VINCENT and SAMBO)

      Head of Huet’s 2nd Bureau (intelligence).

      WINTER, Anne

      Nurse at the Grotte de la Luire.

      ZABEL

      Commander Kampfgruppe Zabel.

      ZELLER, Henri (FAISCEAU and JOSEPH)

      Chief of Resistance in south-east France.

       Map 1: The Vercors

       Map 2: Occupied Territories 1942

       Map 3: Camps of the Vercors 1943

       Map 4: Drop Sites

       Map 5: German Operations 1944

       Map 6: Options for the Southern Invasion

       Map 7: The Battle of Saint-Nizier

       Map 8: Huet’s Dispositions and Early German Probes

       Map 9: Pflaum’s Plan

       Map 10: The Battle for Vassieux

       Map 11: Battle of the Passes

       Map 12: The Battle of Valchevrière

       Map 13: Flight and Refuge