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A schoolmaster's war :

Rée, Harry.

A schoolmaster's war : Harry Rée, British agent in the French Resistance / Jonathan Rée. - xix, 216 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Beginnings -- Adventures -- Reflections -- Letters from France -- Looking back -- The story in brief -- Chronology -- Biographies -- Glossary -- Bibliographies -- Index

The wartime adventures of the legendary SOE agent Harry Rée, told in his own words.

A schoolteacher at the start of the war, Harry Rée renounced his former pacifism with the fall of France in 1940. He was deployed into a secret branch of the British army and parachuted into central France in April 1943.

9780300245660 : (hbk.)

GBC001322 bnb

019664399 Uk


Rée, Harry.


Great Britain. Special Operations Executive.


World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France.

940.548641092

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