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The cloak-and-dagger war fought by British secret agents against
Mussolini's Italy has been little known - until now. Target: Italy
is the official history of the efforts of Britain's Special
Operations Executive to strike at Fascist Italy in the Second World
War and sever its alliance with Nazi Germany. Drawing on
declassified documents, it reveals missions as remarkable as a plot
to assassinate Mussolini and plans to arm the Mafia, and brings
home the risks that secret agencies run when trying to undermine
well-entrenched regimes. A powerful tale of desperate daring,
tragic sacrifice and long-held wartime secrets.
A powerful history of the one of the most remarkable days in
British military history, told by those who were there.
6 June 1944: Allied forces cross the Channel and begin fighting
their way into Nazi-occupied Europe.
"Bullets just came at you like raindrops. You could hear them
whistling and passing you and hitting the ground near you but you
just kept going on." --Private William Edward Lloyd, 2nd Battalion,
East Yorkshire Regiment
This is the compelling story of the Normandy Landings told by the
paratroopers and commandos who were first on enemy territory, the
intelligence officers who planned the assault, the crewmen who
piloted the landing craft to the beaches, and the ordinary soldiers
who waded ashore under fire.
Codenamed Operation Overlord, D-Day was one of the biggest
military operations ever attempted. Planned over three years in the
greatest secrecy it involved 3.5 million soldiers, sailors and
airmen from all the Allied countries, who all shared the same
objective: to liberate Europe from the Nazi occupation. Almost four
years to the day since the last of the disordered and defeated
British Army was rescued from the beaches of Dunkirk, D-Day may
have only been the start of the long fight to Berlin, but it was
also the beginning of the end of the long and bloody conflict.
Featuring a mass of previously unpublished material, "Forgotten
Voices of D-Day" is a powerful record that tells what it was really
like to be involved on that fateful day, which finally and
decisively turned the tide of the Second World War.
The Victoria Cross is one of the world's most famous medals. It was
introduced by Queen Victoria in 1856 for "most conspicuous bravery,
or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice, or
extreme devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy," and has
been awarded only 1,356 times. Exploring the actions and events
that lead to the VC being awarded, "Forgotten Voices of the
Victoria Cross" is full of heroic tales, drama, and action from the
last century. Some testimonies come from soldiers, sailors, and
airmen who were awarded the VC; others come from those who
witnessed extraordinary acts for which the medal was won. Collected
from the Imperial War Museum's Sound Archives, most of the
first-hand accounts in this book are published for the very first
time. "Forgotten Voices of the Victoria Cross" explores the very
nature of bravery by those whose job it was to be brave. It is a
landmark addition to the Forgotten Voices series.
'The Gestapo kept me three days in this interrogation house. They
especially wanted to know what I did after my escape, and precise
things on the organisation of the SOE. And just for fun I suspect,
because I had really not much to tell them, they pulled one of my
toenails out...' - Robert Sheppard, SOE agent The Special
Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British organisation
created early in World War 2 to encourage resistance and carry out
sabotage behind enemy lines: in Winston Churchill's famous phrase,
to 'set Europe ablaze'. Drawing on the vast resources of the
Imperial War Museum Sound Archive and featuring a mass of
previously unpublished personal testimonies, Forgotten Voices of
the Secret War tells the stories of SOE agents, HQ staff,
diplomats, aircrew and naval personnel in their own words. As the
war unfolds, we learn of parachute drops into enemy territory,
torture by the Gestapo and nerve-wracking sabotage missions in
far-flung climes. Forgotten Voices of the Secret War is both an
incredible account of espionage during World War 2 and a fitting
testament to the efforts and sacrifices of a dedicated group of
courageous men and women.
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