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Operation Jericho

Freeing the French Resistance from Gestapo jail, Amiens 1944

Pocket
Engelsk
Raid
Operation Jericho
Operation Jericho
  • Forfatter: Robert Lyman
  • Format: Pocket
  • Antall sider: 80
  • Språk: Engelsk
  • Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
  • Serienavn: Raid
  • EAN: 9781472852069
  • Utgivelsesår: 2022
  • Bidragsyter: Lyman, Robert
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This is the story of Operation Jericho, the spectacular prison break staged by an elite group of British, Australian and New Zealand bomber pilots, who flew a daring low-level mission to blow holes in the walls of Amiens jail and free French Resistance prisoners under the sentence of death during World War II. With D-Day looming, early 1944 was a time of massive intelligence activity across northern France, and many r¿stants were being captured and imprisoned by the Germans. Among the jails full of French agents was Amiens, where hundreds awaited likely execution for their activities. To repay their debt of honour, MI6 requested an air raid with a seemingly impossible brief: to simultaneously blow holes in the prison walls, free as many men and women as possible while minimizing casualties, and kill German guards in their quarters. The crews would have to fly their bomb-run at an altitude of just 20ft. Despite the huge difficulties, the RAF decided that the low-level specialists of No.