Secret Flotillas: Clandestine Sea Operations to Brittany 1940-1944

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
List of Illustrations......Page 10
List of Maps and Figures......Page 13
Preface to the Second Edition......Page 14
Foreword......Page 15
Acknowledgements to the First Edition......Page 17
Acknowledgements to the Second Edition......Page 21
Introduction......Page 22
I The Lost Battle for France: May–June 1940......Page 26
II The British Clandestine Services in the New Strategic Context......Page 37
III Slocum’s Section and the First Operations to Northern France......Page 45
IV First Contacts with the West Coast of France......Page 51
V August–October 1940......Page 65
VI November 1940–March 1941......Page 88
VII Did the Abwehr Allow L’Emigrant to Escape?......Page 97
VIII SOE’s Aspirations and Operations: August 1940–June 1941......Page 101
IX SOE’s Endeavours to Set Up Independent Sea Transport to Brittany, 1941......Page 111
X April–November 1941......Page 116
XI October 1941–February 1942......Page 124
XII November 1941–June 1942......Page 135
XIII January 1942–March 1943......Page 151
XIV West Coast: November 1942–October 1943......Page 168
XV North Coast: Winter 1943–44......Page 177
XVI The Aber-Benoit Saga: November–December 1943......Page 211
XVII North Coast and the ‘Var’ Line: August 1943–April 1944......Page 242
XVIII The ‘Shelburne’ Escape Line: January-March and July–August 1944......Page 263
XIX July–August 1944......Page 292
XX Operations for SIS: January–August 1944......Page 296
XXI Escapes by Sea from Brittany: 1940–44......Page 310
Epilogue......Page 317
Notes......Page 322
Appendix A: Clandestine Sea Transport Operations to North and West Coasts of France, 1940–44......Page 332
Appendix B: Clandestine Escapes and Contacts at Sea by Vessels from Breton Ports, 1940–44......Page 360
Appendix C: Recommendations by Captain Slocum for Awards to Members of the 15th MGB Flotilla and Inshore Patrol Flotilla......Page 370
Appendix D: Comments on Marie-Louise Rendezvous......Page 386
Bibliography......Page 388
Index......Page 391