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The Next Moon

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

The Next Moon

Contributors:

By (Author) Andre Hue
By (author) Ewen Southby-Tailyour
Foreword by M. R. D. Foot

ISBN:

9780141042800

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publication Date:

2nd September 2009

UK Publication Date:

6th August 2009

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Other Subjects:

Second World War
Modern warfare
Biography: general

Dewey:

940.58644092

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

368

Dimensions:

Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 35mm

Weight:

500g

Description

Special Operations Executive. Behind the lines in wartime France Andre Hue was a daredevil. By the age of twenty the Anglo-Frenchman had survived shipwreck and years undercover in France, sabotaging German supply lines. Returning to Britain, he was recruited by SOE to parachute behind enemy lines on 5 June 1944, to unite resistance forces in Brittany and paralyse local German troops during the Allied invasion. Though Hue's mission was fraught with difficulty - he missed his landing site, his secret base camp became the site of a pitch battle and a band of Cossacks tried to hunt him down - he knew that thousands of lives depended on his success or failure . . .

Author Bio

When the war in Europe ended Andre Hue was parachuted into Burma. Like many other members of SOE he became an MI6 officer and, eventually, the British military attache in Phnom Penh.

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