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Among the Italian Partisans: The Allied Contribution to the Resistance

Categorie	WO II
Boeknummer	#269591
Titel	Among the Italian Partisans: The Allied Contribution to the Resistance
Auteur	Tudor, Malcolm
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Fonthill
Jaar van uitgave	2016
ISBN10	1781553394
ISBN13	9781781553398
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	Here is the remarkable story of the foreigners who volunteered to join the guerrilla war against Germans and Fascists in Second World War Italy. The fighters included Britons, Australians, Canadians, New Zealanders, South Africans, Americans, Russians, Poles and Yugoslavs. Most were escaped prisoners of war who fled their camps after the Italian armistice and surrender in September 1943. From the summer of 1944 the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) and American Office of Strategic Services (OSS) built on information from their compatriots in enemy territory to send in agents to help arm and train the partisans and to coordinate airdrops. Against the backdrop of twenty months of savage warfare on the mainland, this is the full story of the Allied servicemen who took part in the I... (Lees verder)talian Resistance, which became one of the greatest insurgent movements in Western Europe. Partisan forces hit enemy communications, tied down seven German divisions and provided tactical support for the Allied armies. 'Among the Italian Partisans' is a celebration of brave men and great events.
Pagina's	160
Conditie	Als nieuw
Prijs	€ 10,00

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