Jedburgh Team Operations in Support of the 12th Army Group, August, 1944 (Combat Studies Institute)

xi, 83 pp. Little has been written about the missions and activities of special forces in the 1950s and even less about their predecessors in World War II. The Jedburghs were one such group dropped in three-man teams in France during 1944 to assist the Allied advance from behind German lines. Dr. S. J. Lewis' study on the activities of a number of Jedburgh teams operating in northern France during the last year of the war addresses this often-overlooked aspect of the war in Europe. This study should advance the understanding of Special Operations forces on the part of military professionals and civilians alike and stimulate further inquiries into a topic still shrouded in mystery and misunderstanding. - excerpt from Foreword