Summer 1942, and the nascent French Resistance is asking the Allies for
help as they become increasingly active against the German occupiers.
Their requests for arms and equipment are urgent, but the Allies are
hesitant to respond until they know more about the willingness of the
French to fight. The decision is made to parachute special
operatives--Jedburghs--into France to determine the state of the
Resistance.
The Jedburghs follows one of these clandestine three-person commando
team attached to the super-secret British Special Operations command.
The team parachutes into Nazi-occupied France to lead the local
Resistance forces in conducting sabotage and guerrilla warfare against
the German occupiers in a deadly kill or be killed series of sabotage
operations.
The specially selected team members--a combat-hardened U.S. Marine, a
tough-as-nails French commando, and a female French émigré out for
revenge--must first undergo a series of tests and field operations to
determine if they have what it takes to be a behind-the-lines agent. In
the process they develop an unbreakable bond of loyalty that unites them
as they lead the fractious members of the Resistance against the
battle-hardened Germans and face the ultimate test of loyalty when one
of their number is captured.
