Blowing Up Iberia British German And Italian Sabotage In Spain And Portugal
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Blowing Up Iberia British German And Italian Sabotage In Spain And Portugal
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Author : Bernard O'Connor
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2020-01-05
Blowing Up Iberia British German And Italian Sabotage In Spain And Portugal written by Bernard O'Connor and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-05 with History categories.
During the Second World War, the British military and intelligence agencies had plans in case Germany invaded Spain and Portugal. This involved training British and Spanish agents to be secretly infiltrated to undertake sabotage operations on important lines of communication and liaising with pro-British locals. At the same time the Abwehr, Germany's military intelligence agency, paid young Spanish and Portuguese collaborators to undertake sabotage missions against Allied military and economic targets in Iberia but they had limited success. Italian saboteurs from the Decima Flotigglia MAS were more successful using underwater divers to attack Allied shipping. Using declassified files from Britain's National Archives, autobiographies, biographies and newspaper articles, this documentary history sheds new light on an unusual aspect of Iberian history telling a human story of international diplomacy, political intrigue, secret agents, clandestine warfare, military strategy, nationalism, and deception.
Blowing Up The Rock German Italian And Spanish Sabotage Attacks On Gibraltar During The Second World War
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Author : Bernard O'Connor
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2020-01-05
Blowing Up The Rock German Italian And Spanish Sabotage Attacks On Gibraltar During The Second World War written by Bernard O'Connor and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-05 with History categories.
During the Second World War, Gibraltar faced the threat of invasion by Italy, Germany, and Spain. The Abwehr, the German Intelligence Service, rather than use their own saboteurs, paid young Spanish men to undertake over sixty sabotage attacks on military installations and shipping with limited success. The Italian Decima Flotilla MAS, a specialist team of underwater frogmen, launched eight attacks which were relatively successful and Spanish Falangists made several unsuccessful attempts. The British Secret Intelligence Service endeavoured to stop or at least limit such attacks. Using contemporary files from the National Archives in Kew, autobiographies, biographies, histories and newspaper articles, this documentary history investigates the successes and failures of these attacks on Gibraltar and the roles played by intelligence officers, agents, double agents in discovering and preventing such acts. The book sheds light on an unusual and largely overlooked aspect of Gibraltar's history.
Ian Fleming
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Author : Nicholas Shakespeare
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2023-10-05
Ian Fleming written by Nicholas Shakespeare and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A fresh portrait of the man behind James Bond, and his enduring impact, by an award-winning biographer with unprecedented access to the Fleming family papers. Ian Fleming's greatest creation, James Bond, has had an enormous and ongoing impact on our culture. What Bond represents about ideas of masculinity, the British national psyche and global politics has shifted over time, as has the interpretation of the life of his author. But Fleming himself was more mysterious and subtle than anything he wrote. Ian's childhood with his gifted brother Peter and his extraordinary mother set the pattern for his ambition to be 'the complete man', and he would strive for the means to achieve this 'completeness' all his life. Only a thriller writer for his last twelve years, his dramatic personal life and impressive career in Naval Intelligence put him at the heart of critical moments in world history, while also providing rich inspiration for his fiction. Nicholas Shakespeare is one of the most gifted biographers working today. His talent for uncovering new material that casts fresh light on his subjects is fully evident in this masterful, definitive biography. ‘This is a marvellous book about Ian Fleming, but it’s also one of the most engaging portraits of a particular period of British history that I have read in a long time.’ Antonia Fraser 'A book so buoyant and delicious that you feel it will be a friend for life.' Telegraph *A The Times, Financial Times, Economist, Spectator and BBC History Magazine Book of the Year*
A Balancing Act
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Author : Emilio Grandio Seoane
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2018-08-30
A Balancing Act written by Emilio Grandio Seoane and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-30 with History categories.
This book reveals the development, strategy and extraordinary success of Britains secret services in Francos Spain during the Second World War. The main claim of this study is that British pressure, exercised above all through their intelligence services, led Franco to distance himself from the Axis cause and eventually embrace that of the Allies. Starting from a virtually non-existent base, the British rapidly built up a complex intelligence network in Spain that stretched from Corunna to Barcelona and from Bilbao to Gibraltar. As Spain was a non-belligerent, spy networks including those of the Germans, Italians, Portuguese and British proliferated in the Iberian Peninsula. Double-agents abounded within these networks; each one knew what the others were up to. The British exploited this two-way traffic to let Franco know that if he did not accede to their demands, they would back a restoration of the Bourbon monarchy under Don Juan. This pressure culminated in the meeting of 1943 between Franco and the British Ambassador, Sir Samuel Hoare, at the dictators country retreat in Galicia, the British underlining their purpose by flying warplanes close by the estate. Following this meeting, Franco almost immediately began to move away from the Axis powers and towards the Allies. The British swiftly dismantled their intelligence networks given that they had achieved their aim. Francos expulsion of the German naval forces from Spanish ports and the denazification of the regime explains the benevolent attitude of the Allies towards the Spanish dictatorship after the war. Throughout this whole process, the British secret service, as this extensively researched study uncovers, played a crucial role.
A Balancing Act
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Author : Emilio Grandío Seoane
language : en
Publisher: Sussex Studies in Spanish Hist
Release Date : 2017
A Balancing Act written by Emilio Grandío Seoane and has been published by Sussex Studies in Spanish Hist this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with History categories.
This book reveals the development, strategy and extraordinary success of Britain's secret services in Franco's Spain during the second World War. The main claim of this study is that British pressure, exercised above all through their intelligence services, led Franco to distance himself from the Axis cause and eventually embrace that of the Allies. Starting from a virtually non-existent base, the British rapidly built up a complex intelligence network in Spain that stretched from Corunna to Barcelona, and from Bilbao to Gibraltar. As Spain was a non-belligerent, spy networks-including those of the Germans, Italians, Portuguese, and British-proliferated in the Iberian Peninsula. Double-agents abounded within these networks. The British exploited this two-way traffic to let Franco know that if he did not accede to their demands, they would back a restoration of the Bourbon monarchy under Don Juan. This pressure culminated in the meeting of 1943 between Franco and the British Ambassador, Sir Samuel Hoare, at the dictator's country retreat in Galicia, the British underlining their purpose by flying warplanes close by the estate. Following this meeting, Franco almost immediately began to move away from the Axis powers and towards the Allies. The British swiftly dismantled their intelligence networks given that they had achieved their aim. Franco's expulsion of the German naval forces from Spanish ports and the denazification of the regime explains the benevolent attitude of the Allies towards the Spanish dictatorship after the war. Throughout this whole process, the British secret service, as this extensively researched study uncovers, played a crucial role. (Series: Sussex Studies in Spanish History) [Subject: History, WWII, Military History, Spanish Studies, British Secret Service]
Defending The Rock
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Author : Nicholas Rankin
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2017-09-05
Defending The Rock written by Nicholas Rankin and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-05 with History categories.
Adolf Hitler's failure to take Gibraltar in 1940 lost him the Second World War. But in truth the formidable Rock, jutting between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, was extraordinarily vulnerable. Every day, ten thousand people crossed its frontier to work, spy, sabotage or escape. It was threatened by Spain, Vichy France, Italy and Germany. After the USA entered the war, Gibraltar became General Eisenhower's strategic headquarters for the invasion of North Africa and the battle for the Mediterranean.
Mike Andrews Pilot Manager Of Liverpool Airport And Secret Agent
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Author : Bernard O'Connor
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2014-06-18
Mike Andrews Pilot Manager Of Liverpool Airport And Secret Agent written by Bernard O'Connor and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-18 with History categories.
Harold James Andrews, known as Mike, was born in 1897. Fascinated by planes, he joined the Royal Naval Air Force during the First World War and later the Royal Flying Corps flying bombers. After working as a test pilot, in the early 1920s he moved to Barcelona to train the Spanish Air Force in anti-submarine warfare. Returning to Britain in 1930 he was Blackburn's foreign representative, and t e photographs he took of airports and airfields across Europe were passed to the Secret Intelligence Service. He designed and later managed Liverpool airport and designed Kallang in Singapore. During the Second World War he was posted to Lisbon as Air Attaché but this was just a cover. His mission was to help a secret organisation operating in France, Spain and Portugal to get escaped prisoners-of-war, downed pilots, aircrew and other evaders back to Britain. Based on his grandson Simon's stories, autobiographies of other intelligence officers, contemporary documents, this book tells his story.
Index To The Correspondence Of The Foreign Office
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Author : Great Britain. Foreign Office
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1945
Index To The Correspondence Of The Foreign Office written by Great Britain. Foreign Office and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1945 with Great Britain categories.
Index To The Correspondence Of The Foreign Office For The Year
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Author : Great Britain. Foreign Office
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1945
Index To The Correspondence Of The Foreign Office For The Year written by Great Britain. Foreign Office and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1945 with Great Britain categories.
Spain During World War Ii
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Author : Wayne H. Bowen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Spain During World War Ii written by Wayne H. Bowen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
"The story of Spain during World War II has largely been viewed as the story of dictator Francisco Franco's foreign diplomacy in the aftermath of civil war. Wayne H. Bowen now goes behind the scenes of fascism to reveal less-studied dimensions of Spanish history. By examining the conflicts within the Franco regime and the daily lives of Spaniards, he has written the first book-length assessment of the regime's formative years and the struggle of its citizens to survive." "Examining the effects of World War II on key facets of Spanish life - Catholicism, the economy, women, leisure, culture, opposition to Franco, and domestic politics -Bowen explores a wide range of topics: the grinding poverty following the civil war, exacerbated by poor economic decisions; restrictions on employment for women versus the relative autonomy enjoyed by female members of the Falange; the efforts of the Church to recover from near decimation; and methods of repression practiced by the regime against leftists, separatists, and Freemasons. He also shows that the lives of most Spaniards remained apolitical and centered on work, family, and leisure marked by the popularity of American movies and the resurgence of loyalty to regional sports teams."--BOOK JACKET.