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Specially Employed, The Story of British Aid To French Patriots of the Resistance by Maurice Buckmaster, published 1952, hardback. A first-hand historical account of the Special Operations Executive in occupied France. As the head of the SOE’s French Section, Buckmaster details the recruitment, training, and deployment of secret agents who supplied and orchestrated the French Resistance. The book highlights how the British aided the French Resistance through sabotage, intelligence gathering, and vital airdrops of arms and money. Buckmaster's memoir emphasizes the bravery of the agents and local patriots, while acknowledging the brutal reprisals they often faced from German occupying forces. Several copies on Abev=books, priced from £45 to £268.