Spies, Supplies & Moonlit Skies (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781413446753)

Spies, Supplies and Moonlit Skies, Volume II: The French Connection, April-June 1944: Code Name Neptune During the critical period of World War II leading up to D-Day the United States Army Air Force activated the first Special Operations Group for clandestine activity against the Nazi enemy in Occupied Europe. While the daylight Air Force cleared the skies of Nazi planes in a brutal war of attrition before the invasion, the 801st Bombardment Group, on night operations from their secret base near Harrington in the United Kingdom dropped supplies and agents to the Resistance forces of Europe in preparation for D-Day on the beaches of Normandy on 6 June 1944. This is their story.

Author: Thomas L. Ensminger
ISBN-10: 1413446752
ISBN-13: 9781413446753
Publisher: Xlibris
Language: English
Published: 10/26/2004
Pages: 660
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.13lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.63d