Operation Sussex
Type
Label
Operation Sussex
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Main title
Operation Sussex
Runtime
53
Summary
Operation Sussex was one of the most important intelligence operations of World War II. This top secret spy mission was created and directed by the headquarters of General Eisenhower. The plan was for the Americans, British and Free French intelligence services to recruit and train volunteers for an Allied resistance network. One hundred twenty operatives parachuted 2 at a time into occupied France without Geneva Convention protections and then provided crucial details about the German military leading up to the D-Day invasion and beyond. General Donovan, head of the OSS stated, 'As long as we had the Sussex teams ahead of us it was like we had a brightly lit path, but beyond it was like advancing into a dark tunnel.' Here for the first time on film is the first person account of this extraordinary mission with the last surviving members shot on location in France and England
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Contributor
Genre
Subject
- Espionage, French -- France -- 20th century
- Espionage, American -- France -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 + Aerial operations
- World War, 1939-1945 + Underground movements -- France
- Espionage, British -- France -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 + Campaigns -- France
- World War, 1939-1945 + Military intelligence -- France
- Streaming video
Content
resource.filmdirector
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- Genre1
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- Espionage, French -- France -- 20th century
- Espionage, American -- France -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 + Aerial operations
- World War, 1939-1945 + Underground movements -- France
- Espionage, British -- France -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 + Campaigns -- France
- World War, 1939-1945 + Military intelligence -- France
- Streaming video
- Content1
- resource.filmdirector1
- Is Derivative Of1