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The Secret War In Italy
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Author : Will Fowler
language : en
Publisher: Ian Allan Publishing
Release Date : 2010
The Secret War In Italy written by Will Fowler and has been published by Ian Allan Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.
The war in Italy was characterized by a host of Special Forces actions. The fact that the Italians had formed two governments, one backing the Allies and one a puppet German government, meant that the secret war was vital to the Allies conventional forces and partisans, the SAS, SOE, the US OSS (precursor to the CIA) all played important roles. On the night of 20/21 April 1945, the last operational jump of World War 2 took placeAE"Operation Herring. Operation Herring lasted over 72 hours instead of the 36 initially foreseen, but it turned out to be a success. The action did presage the end of the Italian campaign and the war in Italy, but until now little has been written about this, and other secret operations, on the Italian front. It will be an essential reference for students of World War 2.
Target Italy
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Author : Roderick Bailey
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2014-04-29
Target Italy written by Roderick Bailey and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-29 with History categories.
Drawing on long-classified documents, Target: Italy is the official history of the war waged by Britain's Special Operations Executive on Benito Mussolini's Fascist Italy. It is the first full account of SOE's clandestine efforts to strike at Italy and sever its alliance with Nazi Germany, uncovering missions as remarkable as a plot to assassinate Mussolini and plans to arm the Mafia. It is also the first in-depth history of SOE's attempts at causing trouble inside an enemy country as opposed to an enemy-occupied one, issuing a sobering reminder of the terrible dangers that foreign agencies can encounter when trying to encourage resistance to powerful authoritarian regimes. This is a compelling tale of desperate daring and sacrifice, climaxing in one of the most extraordinary episodes of the war: the delicate and dramatic dealings between the Allies and the Italians that led to Italy's surrender in 1943.
Target Italy
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Author : Roderick Bailey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Target Italy written by Roderick Bailey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Espionage, British categories.
The Sas Secret War In Italy Special Forces Partisans And Covert Operations 1935 1945
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Author : Will Fowler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-10-15
The Sas Secret War In Italy Special Forces Partisans And Covert Operations 1935 1945 written by Will Fowler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-15 with History categories.
After the Allies invaded in 1943, there were two Italian governments, one backing the Allies, the other a puppet supporting the Germans. This led to a secret war that was vital to supporting the Allies' conventional forces. Partisans, the SAS, SOE, the US OSS (precursor to the CIA) all played important roles in these bloody covert operations. On the night of April 20-21, 1945 the last operational parachute jump of World War II took place, Operation Herring. The action was undertaken by No 1 Italian SAS, trained by British SOE (Special Operations Executive) forces who were dropped by the USAAF, in support of the 8th Army attack into the Po Valley. Operation Herring lasted over 72 hours instead of the 36 initially foreseen, but it turned out to be a success. With assistance from the local partisans, sources claim 481 German soldiers were killed, 1,083 surrendered and many vehicles, tanks, armored cars and guns were destroyed or captured. This action did presage the end of the war in Italy, but until now, little has been written about this and the other secret operations which characterized the campaign. This is a fascinating account of these actions and the heroism of the men involved which deserves to reach a new audience.
Target Italy
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Author : Roderick Bailey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-03
Target Italy written by Roderick Bailey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03 with Espionage, British categories.
Tells the official history of the war waged by Britain's Special Operations Executive on Benito Mussolini's Fascist Italy. This book offers an account of SOE's clandestine efforts to strike at Italy and sever its alliance with Nazi Germany, uncovering missions as remarkable as a plot to assassinate Mussolini and plans to arm the Mafia
Mission Accomplished
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Author : David Stafford
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2021-08-12
Mission Accomplished written by David Stafford and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-12 with History categories.
'A gripping account of Britain's secret war in Italy... Stafford vividly describes these missions with striking detail and telling quotes.' - BBC History Magazine In May 1945 Italy was liberated from Nazism by the British Eighth and American Fifth Armies. By that time the Italian resistance movement had emerged as one of the strongest in Europe - crucially aided and abetted by the UK's Special Operations Executive. As what Winston Churchill graphically described as the 'red-hot rake of the battle-line' advanced bloodily up the Italian peninsula, clandestine cells in the cities and partisan bands in the countryside fought to free their country from enemy occupation and shape the politics of Italy's post-war future. SOE in Italy, known as No.1 Special Force, parachuted in dozens of missions to supply the underground with weapons and ammunition, food and supplies. In a remarkable twist it also secretly collaborated with its former enemy, the Italian military intelligence service, and with the Italian Navy, which used fast torpedo boats and rubber dinghies to land British agents on heavily defended beaches. Based on recently released official files, documents retrieved from other agencies, diaries, memoirs and personal interviews, Mission Accomplished provides the first-ever complete and authoritative account of Britain's secret war in Italy - the heroic exploits, the larger-than-life participants and the extraordinary, against-the-odds achievements. Praise for Mission Accomplished: 'An admirably lucid and carefully balanced account... official histories are rarely as absorbing as this' - Times Literary Supplement 'A page-turning history' - Independent 'The mission was something of which both Britons and Italians can be rightly proud and Stafford does it full justice' - Daily Express 'Although this is an official history commissioned by the Cabinet Office, it is written with a light touch and Stafford is unafraid to give his own opinions' - Literary Review David Stafford is the author of several books on intelligence history, including Britain and European Resistance, Churchill and Secret Service, Roosevelt and Churchill: Men of Secrets, Flight from Reality, Ten Days to D-Day and Endgame 1945. He was Professor of History at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Executive Director of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs, Chairman of the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies, an Associate Member of St. Antony's College, Oxford, and Project Director at the Centre for the Study of the Two World Wars at the University of Edinburgh, where he is currently an Honorary Fellow.
The Secret War
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Author : George C. Chalou
language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Release Date : 1995-12
The Secret War written by George C. Chalou and has been published by DIANE Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-12 with categories.
The proceedings of the first major scholarly conference on the OSS, which was in existence from 1941 through 1945. Includes 24 papers presented by veterans and historians of the OSS. Offers new insights into the activities and importance of the U.S.'s first modern national intelligence agency. Discusses: the U.S. on the brink of war; the operations of the OSS at the headquarters level and in the field throughout Western Europe, the Balkans, and Asia. Also explores the legacy of the OSS. Contributors include: Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., William Colby, Walt W. Rostow, Robin Winks, and Aline, Countess of Romanones.
Agent In Italy
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Author : S.K.
language : en
Publisher: Ebooks for Students, Ltd.
Release Date : 2015-11-12
Agent In Italy written by S.K. and has been published by Ebooks for Students, Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-12 with History categories.
I couldn't hear a sound, either from the corridor and offices beyond the door or from the sleeping city of Milan outside. All the rest of the world could have died. It was stifling. Italian police stations are badly ventilated. My throat was very dry and I kept coughing. I smoked another cigarette but that made it worse. The smoke hung in the dead air. I tried the door again. My wet palm slipped on the unclean handle. The door was still locked, of course. I didn't know exactly what time it was because they'd taken my watch away from me. I guessed about three in the morning. I was going to be shot at six. Thus begins this amazing; book—both a thrilling story of personal danger in Italy's underground movement, and a fully detailed, authentic report on the crumbling of Italian Fascist morale under the terror of German occupancy. The gripping adventures experienced by S. K. during his undercover work in Italy give us a picture of methods which more than match all we have heard of German and Rus¬sian espionage work. Yet they are absolutely bona fide—the author’s credentials have been carefully checked. He remains anonymous for the protection of those colleagues still carrying on the Democratic revolution. Working with groups of fearless Italian patriots, it was S. K. who first revealed to the outside world through confidential information on Germany’s flame-throwing tanks, the intention of Mussolini to move against Greece, the use of American dollars for the purchase of oil in French African ports by submarine captions, the shipping of Messerschimitts to Central America, the existence of camouflaged airports in Nicaragua and Bolivia, the sending of Stukas to Japan, and the building of new Condors in Holland. In addition to these sensational disclosures, agent in Italy now reveals fully detailed story of the German occupation of Italy, giving facts and figures, including an estimate of 400,000 Germans now keeping the junior Axis partner under shaky control. Filled with tense and breathless incident, this book, the first to disclose the bitter ordeal of Italy, bring the excitement of the mystery novel to one of the most important factual documents of our day.
Nato S Secret Armies
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Author : Daniele Ganser
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005-06-21
Nato S Secret Armies written by Daniele Ganser and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06-21 with History categories.
This fascinating new study shows how the CIA and the British secret service, in collaboration with the military alliance NATO and European military secret services, set up a network of clandestine anti-communist armies in Western Europe after World War II. These secret soldiers were trained on remote islands in the Mediterranean and in unorthodox warfare centres in England and in the United States by the Green Berets and SAS Special Forces. The network was armed with explosives, machine guns and high-tech communication equipment hidden in underground bunkers and secret arms caches in forests and mountain meadows. In some countries the secret army linked up with right-wing terrorist who in a secret war engaged in political manipulation, harrassement of left wing parties, massacres, coup d'états and torture. Codenamed 'Gladio' ('the sword'), the Italian secret army was exposed in 1990 by Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti to the Italian Senate, whereupon the press spoke of "The best kept, and most damaging, political-military secret since World War II" (Observer, 18. November 1990) and observed that "The story seems straight from the pages of a political thriller." (The Times, November 19, 1990). Ever since, so-called 'stay-behind' armies of NATO have also been discovered in France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxemburg, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Austria, Greece and Turkey. They were internationally coordinated by the Pentagon and NATO and had their last known meeting in the NATO-linked Allied Clandestine Committee (ACC) in Brussels in October 1990.
The Secret Surrender
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Author : Allen Dulles
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
The Secret Surrender written by Allen Dulles and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
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