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Het boek Behind Enemy Lines.The war memoirs of Jedburgh Officer John Olmsted. (ISBN:9789083309194) geschreven door Coen Hilbrink, John Olmsted bestel je op bruna.nl! In ‘Behind Enemy Lines’, American OSS agent John Olmsted tells the fascinating story of his experiences as a member of Jedburgh Team ‘Dudley’, which dropped into occupied east Netherlands on 11/12 September 1944. Together with his two comrades, Dutch officer Henk Brinkgreve and Irish radio operator John ‘Bunny’ Austin, Olmsted’s mission was to help organize the armed resistance in Overijssel in support of the Allied advance during Operation Market Ga rden, which started 6 days later. Following the Allied defeat at Arnhem, Olmsted and his team were trapped behind enemy lines. John Olmsted was one of the few Allied soldiers who managed to escape with Operation Pegasus 2 across the Rhine to liberated territory after the Battle of Arnhem. He vividly wrote about his experiences in Overijssel and...
