COMMANDO KIEFFER

In this year of the 70th anniversary of D-Day, Commando Kieffer will be particularly in the spotlight. The seaside town of Ouistreham, where the 177 French green berets landed at dawn on June 6, 1944, was in fact chosen as the “capital” of the official ceremonies. Many articles and books have been written on the epic tale of this handful of diehard lovers of freedom, the only French people integrated into the expeditionary force of some 150,000 men sent to the beaches of Normandy to open a front in Western Europe. But, to date, there has been a lack of a work intended for the general public, which relates this extraordinary adventure, from the birth of the commando under the leadership of Philippe Kieffer to the last operation in Holland, based on rich and very diverse documentation, including plans, drawings and numerous photos, many of which are unpublished. Here is a book that will usefully complete the library