LES AILES DE L’OMBRE - Les opérations clandestines de la RAF et de l’USAAF en Europe – 1940-1945

During the Second World War, the Resistance played a pivotal role in the liberation of countries that had fallen under the Nazi yoke. However, its effectiveness relied heavily on support from Allied intelligence agencies, with whom it maintained a tenuous link via radio and air connections.

Of all the operations conducted by Allied air forces, those supporting resistance movements and networks were among the most difficult and perilous. They read like a real-life adventure story, in which the actions of thousands of underground fighters intertwined with those of a handful of extraordinary airmen.

This book details these resistance networks, the various aircraft models and equipment employed, and the procedures followed both in the air and on the ground. It provides the most comprehensive account possible of how these high-risk missions were prepared—on Allied airfields and in occupied territory alike—and how they were carried out, giving ample space to the stories of the men and women who took part, as well as the mindset that drove them.