UID:
edocfu_9959238328302883
Format:
1 online resource (485 p.)
ISBN:
1-135-77449-8
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1-135-77450-1
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0-429-23452-X
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0-203-69110-5
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1-280-05994-X
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0-203-64164-7
Series Statement:
Government official history series, 2
Content:
This authoritative publication by the official historian, the late Sir Brooks Richards, vividly describes and analyses the clandestine naval operations that took place during World War II. The account has been made possible through Sir Brooks' access to closed government archives, combined with his own wartime experiences and the recollections of many of those involved.In addition to operations off French North Africa this second volume also includes descriptions of operations in the Adriatic around Italy. More than half of the 390 operations in Italian and adjacent waters were carried
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; Preface to the Second Edition; Foreword by M.R.D.Foot; Acknowledgements to the First Edition; Acknowledgements to the Second Edition; The Polish Predicament; Mass Evacuations from the Marseilles Area and the Fidelity Tragedy; Operations from Gibraltar to Morocco: July-October 1941; Krajewski's Operations to Western Algeria: October 1941-January 1942; Krajewski's Further Plans for Operations to North Africa and Southern France: December 1941-March 1942; Operations from Gibraltar to Southern France: April-June 1942
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The Coast Watching Flotilla and the Polish Special Operations GroupProblems and Methods of Operating from Gibraltar to the South of France; Operations by Seawolf, Seadog and Tarana: July-September 1942; Last of the Polish Evacuation Missions; The Changing Strategic Context in the Western Mediterranean; Renewed Priority for Operations to French North Africa; SOE and OSS Prepare for TORCH; The Last Phase of the CWF's Operation: October-November 1942; Final Preparations for TORCH; Unsuccessful Attempts to Revive Felucca Operations; Operations by Sea for SIS and SOE in Tunisia
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Clandestine Sea Transport Operations in the Western Mediterranean after TORCHMissions to Sardinia and Corsica: January-March 1943; Last Missions to Corsica before the Italian Armistice and its Liberation; Operations from Bastia; Early Operations in the Adriatic and Southern Italy; African Coastal Flotilla (Adriatic); The Ferry Service; SOSO (A) Taranto; A Pyrrhic Victory; LEGHORN 1944: The ACF's Last Phase; Clandestine Sea Operations to and from Nice; Epilogue; Notes; Clandestine Sea Transport Operations from Gibraltar to French North Africa and the South Coasts of France and Spain
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Clandestine Sea Operations from Various Bases to TunisiaOperations from Algiers to Corsica, South Coast of France and Spain; Clandestine Operations from Corsica to South Coast of France; Sea Operations Analysis--West Coast Italy and Islands except Corsica; Sea Operations Analysis--Adriatic (including Eastern Italy, Yugoslavia, Albania and Greece); Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-65416-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7146-5314-4
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203641644
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