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Author:   Brooks Richards ,  M. R. D. Foot
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.080kg
ISBN:  

9780714653143

ISBN 10:   0714653144
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   04 March 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. The Polish Predicament 2. Mass Evacuation from the Marseilles Area and the FIDELITY Tragedy 3. Operations from Gibraltar to Morocco: July-October 194 4. Krajewski's Operations to Western Algeria: October 1941-January 1942 5. Krajewski's Further Plans for Operations to North Africa and Southern France: December 1941-March 1942 6. Operations from Gibraltar to Southern France: April-June 1942 7. The Coast Watching Flotilla and the Polish Special Operations Group 8. Problems and Methods of Operating from Gibraltar to the South of France 9. Operations by Seawolf, Seadog and Tarana: July-September 1942 10. Last of the Polish Evacuation Missions 11. The Changing Strategic Context in the Western Mediterranean 12. Renewed Priority for Operations to French North Africa 13. SOE and OSS Prepare for TORCH 14. The Last Phase of the CWF's Operations: October-November 1942 15. Final Preparations for TORCH 16. Unsuccessful Attempts to Revive Felucca Operations 17. Operations by Sea for SIS and SOE in Tunisia 18. Clandestine Sea Transport Operations in the Western Mediterranean after TORCH 19. Missions to Sardinia and Corsica: January-March 1942 20. Last Missions to Corsica before the Italian Armistice and its Liberation 21. Operations from Bastia 22. Early Operations in the Adriatic and Southern Italy 23. (i) African Coastal Flotilla (Adriatic) (ii) The Ferry Service 24. SOSO(A) Taranto 25. A Pyrrhic Victory 26. Leghorn 1944: The ACF's Last Phase 27. Clandestine Sea Operations to and from Nice

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The late Sir Brooks Richards served with the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in the Second World War. After his retirement he was recalled to serve as security and intelligence co-ordinator in the Cabinet Office and then in the Northern Ireland Office.

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