Philippe de Vomecourt

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is the fascinating firsthand account of SOE agent Philippe Vomecourt's wartime experiences and records the heroic efforts in the French resistance in Nazi-dominated France."e;Many books dealing with the work of the French Resistance have been published on this side of the Channel. Most of them have been the personal stories of gallant men and women, illuminating that corner of the picture that they saw. Here in Monsieur de Vomecourt's book is a wider frame of reference which enables us to see how the spirit and forces of Resistance grew in France first into a gadfly nuisance and ultimately into a serious threat to German security. It shows, too, what it meant to be a member of the Resistance, and what it cost in blood and tears.Monsieur de Vomecourt is in a good position to tell this story. He was in at the beginning in June 1940 with his brothers. Indeed, they can fairly claim to have been the first organizers and leaders, and Monsieur de Vomecourt tells a truly remarkable story.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lucknow Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781786259264
• Artikelnr.: 45692133

Autorenporträt

Philippe Vomécourt was a Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent during WWII, harbouring fellow SOE agents sent from England to France at his own home in Limoges from mid-June 1941. Under the pseudonym "Gauthier", he coordinated the development of the Ventriloquist network covering the free zone and helped the escape of Mauzac in July 1942. Arrested by the French police in October 1942 and sentenced to 10 years in prison, he managed to escape in January 1944 via the Pyrenees and Spain and returned to France after its liberation in April 1944.