Blowing up the Rock: German, Italian and Spanish Sabotage attacks on Gibraltar during the Second World War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Blowing up the Rock: German, Italian and Spanish Sabotage attacks on Gibraltar during the Second World War write by Bernard O'Connor. This book was released on 2020-01-05. Blowing up the Rock: German, Italian and Spanish Sabotage attacks on Gibraltar during the Second World War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. During the Second World War, Gibraltar faced the threat of invasion by Italy, Germany, and Spain. The Abwehr, the German Intelligence Service, rather than use their own saboteurs, paid young Spanish men to undertake over sixty sabotage attacks on military installations and shipping with limited success. The Italian Decima Flotilla MAS, a specialist team of underwater frogmen, launched eight attacks which were relatively successful and Spanish Falangists made several unsuccessful attempts. The British Secret Intelligence Service endeavoured to stop or at least limit such attacks. Using contemporary files from the National Archives in Kew, autobiographies, biographies, histories and newspaper articles, this documentary history investigates the successes and failures of these attacks on Gibraltar and the roles played by intelligence officers, agents, double agents in discovering and preventing such acts. The book sheds light on an unusual and largely overlooked aspect of Gibraltar's history.
Blowing Up Iberia: British, German and Italian Sabotage in Spain and Portugal
Blowing Up Iberia: British, German and Italian Sabotage in Spain and Portugal - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Blowing Up Iberia: British, German and Italian Sabotage in Spain and Portugal write by Bernard O'Connor. This book was released on 2020-01-05. Blowing Up Iberia: British, German and Italian Sabotage in Spain and Portugal available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. During the Second World War, the British military and intelligence agencies had plans in case Germany invaded Spain and Portugal. This involved training British and Spanish agents to be secretly infiltrated to undertake sabotage operations on important lines of communication and liaising with pro-British locals. At the same time the Abwehr, Germany's military intelligence agency, paid young Spanish and Portuguese collaborators to undertake sabotage missions against Allied military and economic targets in Iberia but they had limited success. Italian saboteurs from the Decima Flotigglia MAS were more successful using underwater divers to attack Allied shipping. Using declassified files from Britain's National Archives, autobiographies, biographies and newspaper articles, this documentary history sheds new light on an unusual aspect of Iberian history telling a human story of international diplomacy, political intrigue, secret agents, clandestine warfare, military strategy, nationalism, and deception.
Defending the Rock
Defending the Rock - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Defending the Rock write by Nicholas Rankin. This book was released on 2017-09-05. Defending the Rock available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Adolf Hitler's failure to take Gibraltar in 1940 lost him the Second World War. But in truth the formidable Rock, jutting between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, was extraordinarily vulnerable. Every day, ten thousand people crossed its frontier to work, spy, sabotage or escape. It was threatened by Spain, Vichy France, Italy and Germany. After the USA entered the war, Gibraltar became General Eisenhower's strategic headquarters for the invasion of North Africa and the battle for the Mediterranean.
The Secret History of World War II
The Secret History of World War II - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Secret History of World War II write by Neil Kagan. This book was released on 2016. The Secret History of World War II available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "From spy missions to code breaking, this richly illustrated account of the covert operations of World War II takes readers behind the battle lines and deep into the undercover war effort that changed the course of history. From the authors who created Eyewitness to World War II and numerous other best-selling illustrated reference books, this is the shocking story behind the covert activity that shaped the outcome of one of the world's greatest conflicts--and the destiny of millions of people. National Geographic's landmark book illuminates World War II as never before by taking you inside the secret lives of spies and spy masters; secret agents and secret armies; Enigma machines and code breakers; psychological warfare and black propaganda; secret weapons and secret battle strategies. Seven heavily illustrated narrative chapters reveal the truth behind the lies and deception that shaped the 'secret war'; eight essays showcase hundreds of rare photos and artifacts (many never before seen); more than 50 specially created sidebars tell the stories of spies and secret operations. Renowned historian and top-selling author Stephen Hyslop reveals this little-known side of the war in captivating detail, weaving in extraordinary eyewitness accounts and information only recently declassified. Rare photographs, artifacts, and illuminating graphics enrich this absorbing reference book"--
Gibraltar and the Spanish Civil War, 1936-39
Gibraltar and the Spanish Civil War, 1936-39 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Gibraltar and the Spanish Civil War, 1936-39 write by Julio Ponce Alberca. This book was released on 2014-11-20. Gibraltar and the Spanish Civil War, 1936-39 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Incorporating local, national and international dimensions of the conflict, Gibraltar and the Spanish Civil War, 1936-39 provides the first detailed account of the British enclave Gibraltar's role during and after the Spanish Civil War. The neutral stance adopted by democratic powers upon the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War is well-known. The Non-Intervention Committee played a key role in this strategy, with Great Britain a key player in what became known as the "London Committee". British interests in the Iberian Peninsula, however, meant that events in Spain were of crucial importance to the Foreign Office and the victory of the Popular Front in February, 1936 was deemed a potential threat that could drive the country towards instability. This book explores how British authorities in Gibraltar ostensibly initiated a formal policy of neutrality when the uprising took place, only for the Gibraltarian authorities to provide real support for the Nationalists under the surface. The book draws on a wealth of primary source material,some of it little-known before now, to deliver a significant contribution to our knowledge of the part played by democratic powers in the 1930s' confrontation between Communism and Fascism. It is essential reading for anyone seeking a complete understanding of the Spanish Civil War.
