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Agent for the Resistance : A Belgian Saboteur in World War II Volume 35
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This dramatic memoir traces Herman Bodson's transformation from a pacifist and scientist to, in his own words, "a cold fighter and a killer" in the Belgian underground, an expert in explosives and sabotage. Serving first in the OMBR (Office Militaire Belge de Resistance), he later formed a group of underground fighters in the Belgian Ardennes. They undertook blowing up military trains and installations - including the sabotage of a bridge which resulted in the deaths of some six hundred German soldiers - cutting German communication lines, and rescuing downed American fliers. Bodson also served as a medical aide to an American military doctor at Bastogne in the crucial days of the Battle of the Bulge.
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- ISBN-13: 9780890966075
- ISBN-10: 0890966079
- Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
- Publish Date: September 1994
- Dimensions: 9.35 x 6.35 x 0.99 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.39 pounds
- Page Count: 262
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