Sussex teams

The Oxford Companion to World War II | 2001 | 700+ words | Copyright

Sussex teams, 50 two-man Allied intelligence teams jointly run by the Bureau Central de Renseignements et d'Action, the Office of Strategic Services, and MI6. Recruited from the French forces in North Africa, they were trained by MI6 before being dropped into France to transmit information about German movements at the time of the Normandy landings in June 1944 (see OVERLORD). Five pathfinder agents were dropped in February 1944 and by the end of May thirteen teams were operating. As the Allied armies swept across France (see Normandy campaign), some volunteered to be dropped behind the German lines, but they were all withdrawn in October 1944. Unlike the Cooney, or Jedburgh, teams, they did not wear uniform. See also spies.

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Sussex teams." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Sussex teams." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-Sussexteams.html

I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Sussex teams." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-Sussexteams.html

Learn more about citation styles