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75 years ago, #OSS Jedburgh paratroopers parachuted into Nazi-occupied Europe to coordinate arms & supplies, train partisans in sabotage, & help defeat Third Reich during #WWII

The 1st Operation #Jedburgh team was deployed the night before #DDay

bit.ly/2wFHFPD

#DDay75
More than 90 #Jedburgh teams parachuted into France in 1944.

Once in, they would meet up w/local resistance groups, providing an essential link between guerrillas & Allied command.

One of the most famous Jedburghs was William Colby, who would later become CIA Director.

#DDay75
A #Jedburgh team consisted of 2-4 men: US #OSS officer, British #SOE officer, & Free French, Belgian, Dutch or Canadian soldier.

Jedburghs trained in:
- amphibious ops
- skiing
- mountain climbing
- navigation
- radio ops
- hand-to-hand combat
- explosives
- espionage

#DDay75
Where did the name #Jedburgh come from?

It’s still a mystery, but one theory is the codename was chosen to correspond to J-Jour, the French translation of the US military term, #DDay.

“Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Legend of the Jedburghs”: bit.ly/2wFHFPD

#DDay75
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