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Setting the Med Ablaze: Churchill's Secret North African Base

Peter Dixon

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Description:It was Christmas 1942.Eleven young women boarded the troopship Strathaird and braved the attentions of U-Boats in the deep Atlantic.Borrowing a cricketing phrase, they called themselves the First Eleven. But they were not the first to arrive at the Special Operations Executive's secret North African base near Algiers. Code-named Massingham, it was formed by SOE to spearhead subversion and sabotage in what Winston Churchill called ‘the soft underbelly’ of Europe.Massingham was hidden away at the Club des Pins, a former luxury resort nestling among pines next to a Mediterranean beach. By the time SOE had got to work, there was little luxury left.Setting the Med Ablaze tells the true stories of the men and women of Churchill’s secret base. Its life was short. Less than two years after its formation, its multinational job was done. British, American, French, Italian, Spanish: all worked together to play a key role in the Mediterranean war.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Setting the Med Ablaze: Churchill's Secret North African Base. To get started finding Setting the Med Ablaze: Churchill's Secret North African Base, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 283

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Cloudshill Press

Release: 2020

ISBN: 1916027342

Description: It was Christmas 1942.Eleven young women boarded the troopship Strathaird and braved the attentions of U-Boats in the deep Atlantic.Borrowing a cricketing phrase, they called themselves the First Eleven. But they were not the first to arrive at the Special Operations Executive's secret North African base near Algiers. Code-named Massingham, it was formed by SOE to spearhead subversion and sabotage in what Winston Churchill called ‘the soft underbelly’ of Europe.Massingham was hidden away at the Club des Pins, a former luxury resort nestling among pines next to a Mediterranean beach. By the time SOE had got to work, there was little luxury left.Setting the Med Ablaze tells the true stories of the men and women of Churchill’s secret base. Its life was short. Less than two years after its formation, its multinational job was done. British, American, French, Italian, Spanish: all worked together to play a key role in the Mediterranean war.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Setting the Med Ablaze: Churchill's Secret North African Base. To get started finding Setting the Med Ablaze: Churchill's Secret North African Base, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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