John McGuire It was, of course, nothing new and certainly no secret to any but the most ignorant of Germans that the culture of anti-Semitism had long since pervaded all elements of their society, not just the officialdom of the armed forces. People who were once business associates, neighbours, friends, and lovers were suddenly ostracised. Mature and intelligent adults, even innocent children turned on an entire culture and happily watched, or joined in, as they were assaulted in the streets they had once called home by those they had once called friends.It's July 1944, northern France.On the front line, the Allies are locked in a bitter struggle with the occupying German forces.At the same time, separate to the massed land and air forces taking the fight to the German Wehrmacht, individual local struggles were taking place all over Northern France.Local residents joined forces with men and women specially trained by the British Special Operations Executive to resist the worst vindictiveness and cruelty that Nazi Germany had to offer.Deep in enemy territory the French Resistance aided by a British SOE Agent are engaged in their own life or death struggle against the fearsome Gestapo.Unseen coded messages are being passed between local Resistance groups , but how unseen are they really?Can the Resistance move two stranded Allied combatants to safety before the Gestapo unravel their secret codes and intercept them?
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