Only posting these because of a request.
The Camelback Condor has almost twice the volume capacity of the Blue Force Gear Jedburgh and Vertx EDC. I like the velcro interiors on the latter two for configuration options and the fairly discreet exterior profiles. The Vertx has multiple divided pockets. They are all well made.
There's always a story to be told.
Operation Jedburgh was a
clandestine operation during
World War II in which three-man teams of soldiers of the British
Special Operations Executive (SOE), the U.S.
Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the Free French
Bureau Central de Renseignements et d'Action ("Central Bureau of Intelligence and Operations") and the
Dutch and
Belgian armies in exile were dropped by parachute into
occupied France, the Netherlands and
Belgium. The objective of the Jedburgh teams was to assist allied forces who invaded France on 6 June 1944 with
sabotage and
guerrilla warfare, and leading local resistance forces in actions against the Germans.
The name of the operation was chosen at random from a
Ministry of Defence code book, although several of those who took part in the operation later reflected that the name was apt as the town of
Jedburgh in the
Scottish Borders was notorious in the late
Middle Ages for the activities of the raiders known as the
Border Reivers.
[1]
Operation Jedburgh represented the first real cooperation in Europe between SOE and the Special Operations branch of OSS. By this period in the war, SOE had insufficient resources to mount the huge operation on its own; for example, it had access to only 23
Handley Page Halifax aircraft for dropping agents and stores, barely sufficient to maintain SOE's existing networks. OSS was able to augment this force with
Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft operating from
RAF Harrington (see
Operation Carpetbagger).
[2]
The OSS sought to be involved since, in a single swoop, this would result in the OSS inserting more agents into northwestern Europe than it had during the entire previous period of US involvement in the war. Nevertheless, General
Eisenhower, the American
Supreme Commander, ensured that the French would lead the operation and on 9 June 1944 gave command of the Jedburgh teams to France.
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