{"product_id":"behind-enemy-lines-in-france-and-the-far-east-9781036106461","title":"Behind Enemy Lines in France and the Far East","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn October 1943, Frederick Bailey, a wireless operator who had trained with the Royal Armoured Corps, was selected for Special Operation Executive's wireless training centre at Fawley Court, Henley-on-Thames. It was the start of an incredible wartime career that saw Fred serve behind enemy lines in both the European and Far East theatres.   With his training complete, and having adopted the fieldname Rétif, Sergeant Bailey became a member of one of the famous Jedburgh units, Team Citröen. The Jedburghs generally consisted of compact teams of three men, usually an officer, a radio operator and a soldier from the country the team was to be dropped into. Together with Major John Smallwood and Captain Pierre Bloch, a French Foreign Legionnaire, Bailey, as Team Citröen's radio operator, was dropped in into the Lagarde area of the Vaucluse region in German-occupied France by an American aircrew from Algiers during the night of 11\/12 August 1944. Their mission was to support the local Resista","brand":"Pen \u0026 Sword Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019349000535,"sku":"9781036106461","price":21.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781036106461.jpg?v=1750779978","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/behind-enemy-lines-in-france-and-the-far-east-9781036106461","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}