The Spirit of Resistance
SOE in Italy 1940-1945 provides the real story of Britain's secret service in action with the Italian Resistance during the Second World War.
The Special Operations Executive carried out sabotage
and supported local patriots who fought the Nazis and Fascists.
The Italian Resistance movement was one of the greatest in Western Europe.
Partisan forces hit enemy communications, tied down seven German divisions
and provided tactical support for the Allied 5th and 8th armies. The
Resistance played a considerable part in the complete and final victory
in Italy.
The partisans' success was made possible by the courageous agents and
the weapons and supplies parachuted to them by the Allies.
SOE in Italy 1940-1945 is based on interviews
with former agents and partisans, new document releases and international
research.
The book is the seventh on wartime Italy by the Anglo-Italian historian
Malcolm Tudor. His father was a soldier with the 8th Army in Italy and
his mother and grandparents were amongst the rebels against Nazi and
Fascist rule.
These are the chapters:
The Spirit of Resistance - Targeting Italy - No. 1 Special Force - Secret
Intelligence - Italian Infiltration - The Struggle for Control - Early
SOE Missions - British Liaison Officers - SOE in the Apennines - Secret
Air Operations - The Mission of 12 October 1944 - The Captain Armstrong
Mystery - The Radio Operator's Tale - Mission to Milan - The Murder of
Mussolini - The Liberation.
SOE in Italy 1940-1945 provides gripping stories of individual agents and operations, air supply and Resistance.
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