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Dewavrin, who had a lithe and adaptable mind, thought furiously. Much of the old fire and obstinacy still smouldered within him but three years as...
Only Dewavrin's implacable obstinacy had got him there at all. At the end of January [1943] his visit had been all set and the clever sardonic...
The quest for detail was now launched. Twice a week, as part of a roster, the devil-may-care Duchez and the prudent Marigny, equipped with the...
Hi All, Whilst reading 'SAS - Daggers Drawn' by Damien Lewis recently, I came across a mention of a British Army unit called GHQ Liaison...
Duchez spent much of the winter of 1942 as the spearhead of the forces mapping out the port of Ouistreham. As usual, procuring maps had been the...
Le Havre, too, was stoutly defended. Roughly 11,000 German troops, including 2000 of the Kriegsmarine, were in possession. On 15th December, 1942,...
On 21st October [1942], Renault returned to France. The C.N.D. was still functioning, effectively though with great risk, under Max Petit's...
Thus, piecemeal, a picture was building up of Port-en-Bessein. From the seaward side the agents reported the port to be very heavily defended: the...
About this time Girard and Thomas had a long discussion about maps. For some weeks now they had been mapping sectors as far as six miles inland,...
By July 1942, Century was planning a comprehensive mapping campaign of all ports within their area of operations in addition to the other...
To continue from post #44 above... The same issue cropped up over every defence they knew about – the detail. For example, the Germans had an...
We are now approaching the end of July 1942 in the Century Network story, but before I move on, I wanted to put up something more on that 'Scarlet...
For an entire week Robert Thomas worked on hand copying the four maps. From just after dinner in the evening until dawn the following morning in a...
In his enthusiasm to see France free, Renault was a bit ahead of schedule. The talk in London during the summer of 1942 was indeed all of...
OK Ron, I'll see what I can dig up on them. Regards, Pat
Hi Ron, I don't have the load manifest for Chicago unfortunately, only the crew listings per p.136-137 of 'D-Day Gliders' by Philippe Esvelin....
On Monday morning, 22nd June 1942, Dewavrin and his deputy Manuel were sorting through the vast horde of documents which had been in Renault’s...
On Monday morning, 15th June 1942, Alain de Beaufort, the prospective de Gaule recruit, picked up Renault, Edith and their children Jean-Claude,...
Hi Ramiles, I would think these are definitely German fortified positions. The light coloured 'frame' around each are minefields, fenced off from...
Having done a bit of further digging, I now believe the Royal Navy officer referred to several times by the pseudonym 'Commander' by the author...