Powerpoint presentation used in the presentation of my paper on Operation Jedburgh, a secret espionage operation during WWII. You can find the notes on this at: http://deceptivelyblonde.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/the-jedburghs-spies-espionage-and-sabotage/

1. Operation Jedburgh:
Creation of Operation Jedburgh and
the Jedburgh Teams’ Efforts during
D-Day

2. Introduction
• Germany Invades sparking a new style of
war—cover operations and guerilla warfare.
• French Resistance lead the way and the OSS
offered its assistance.
• The resulting cooperation effort, named
Operation Jedburgh, and the teams involved,
containing numerous OSS officers, played a
vital role in the efforts to Free France before,
during, and after D-Day.

3. Invasion and Defeat of France

4. U.S. Declares War
• December 11, 1941, the United States declared
war with Germany
• As a result, the U.S. government began to take
a more active role in the assisting the Free
French.

5. Before the War
• Britain dominated the intelligence and covert
operations community.
– “engage in counter-guerilla operation far from the
from lines”
– “Sabotage railways and ambush enemy columns,
delaying reinforcements from reaching the front
and improving the prospect for Allied victory and a
reduction in Allied casualties”

6. Operation Overlord
• Cooperation
– OSS offers covert aid to the French Resistance
forces along with Britain’s Special Operations
Executive (SOE).

7. Primary Goal

8. Establishing the Jedburghs

9. Mission

10. Operation Jedburgh: 3 Phases
• Phase 1
– Jedburgh teams organizing French Resistance forces in a
“general sabotage programme against German military
installations. “
• Phase 2
– Jedburgh teams coordinated the Maquis forces with “allied
bombing, attacks against German reserves, and general
guerilla warfare”
• Phase 3
– The military changed the original goal for the Jedburghs to
a concentration on attacks against “German
communications, particularly rail lines, in order to impede
the immediate German reaction to the landings”

11. Teams Frederick
• OSS Sergeant Robert Kehoe, British Major
Adrian Wise, and French Lieutenant Paul
Bloch-Auroch.
Adrian Wise Paul Bloch-Auroch
Robert Kehoe

12. Team George
• French Captain Philippe Ragueneau, French
Second Lieutenant Christian Gay, American
officer Paul Cyr
Paul Cyr
Christian Gay

13. Team Hamish
• American Lieutenant Robert M. Anstett;
French Lieutenant Rene Schmitt, and
American Sergeant Lee J. Watters.
• Fought German troops, and protected the road
leading to La Chatre from German forces and
pushed the German backwards

14. • American
Major John
Gildee,
Team Ian
John Gildee Lucien Bourgoin Alexander Desfarges
American
Operator
Sergeant
Lucien
Bourgoin,
and French
Lieutenant
Alexander
Desfarges.

15. Success!
• The Jedburghs proved helpful by gather “tactical
intelligence”
• 2nd SS Panzer Division
• “over-all action of the Resistance” hindered the
arrival of German reinforcements at Normandy
for an average of two days.
• Attacked Germans from behind and provided
information on the German movements, while
protecting the bridges from German saboteurs.

16. Success!
• “I consider that the disruption of enemy rail
communications, the harassing of German road
moves and the continual and increasing strain
placed on the German war economy and
internal security services throughout occupied
Europe by the organized forces of resistance,
played a very considerable part in our final and
complete victory” (Eisenhower).

17. Conclusion
• Developed relations between British and
American intelligence organizations.
• Overall, the Jedburghs were beneficial both
during Operation Overlord and after, and because
they worked with the Maquis to hold off German
reinforcements and sabotage German
communications and transport capabilities, the
Allied forces accomplished more than they might
have without the Jedburgh Teams and the French
Resistance.