Daniel C. Guiet Bücher

Listening Length: 7 hours and 2 minutes. The author's father, a lone American on a four-person SOE commando team, played a crucial role in irregular warfare that helped keep Nazi tanks away from Normandy after D-Day. As a child, Daniel Guiet discovered his father's tin bread box, which contained a .45 automatic, knives, a length of wire, cryptic papers, passports with various names, and silk squares with different flags. These messages ultimately revealed his father's identity as an American seeking help from Allied forces. Jean Claude Guiet, who later disclosed his CIA involvement, only shared details of his World War II mission near the end of his life. This story, one of the last great untold narratives of the war, has been brought to light by Daniel Guiet and writer Tim Smith. Fluent in French and exceptionally intelligent, Jean Claude was recruited by the American military for a secret British operation aimed at supporting the French Resistance. The mission, despite its heavy human cost, succeeded beyond expectations. Scholars of Mayhem recounts the story of Jean Claude and his team, codenamed Salesman, who parachuted into France after D-Day to lead and arm 10,000 Resistance fighters. While the Resistance embodied courage, it was the SOE that provided the necessary strength and strategy, highlighting the precarious nature of the Allies' success in Normandy.