British and the Greek Resistance, 1936-1944 (eBook)

Spies, Saboteurs, and Partisans

Andre Gerolymatos (Autor)

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2018
280 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-6409-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This study examines Greek resistance to Nazi occupation during the Second World War and the role of British intelligence in the conflict. The author looks beyond the standard scholarly focus on guerrilla groups in the mountains to Greek intelligence work and espionage in the cities and towns.

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Between 1941 and 1944, the Germans and the Italians imposed a brutal occupation of Greece. This, as well as the outbreak of famine, drove many Greeks to join a variety of resistance movements in the mountains. The British government anticipated the German occupation of Europe and created the Special Operations Executive (SOE). One directorate of the SOE was responsible for partisan activity in the mountains and another directorate focused on encouraging espionage and sabotage in Greek cities. Over 3000 Greeks and British operated espionage networks that made a significant contribution to the war effort in the Mediterranean. Unfortunately the work of the spy and saboteur working in the shadows remained classified until the end of the twentieth century. The release of SOE documents in the twenty-first century provides an amazing insight into how intelligence operations were a critical part of the Allied victory of the Second World War. The aim of the book is to bring to life the stories of the ghosts of the shadow war.

Autor

André Gerolymatos is director of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies and professor of history at Simon Fraser University.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Historical BackgroundChapter 2: Survey of British Military IntelligenceChapter 3: British Intelligence in Greece and the Middle EastChapter 4: The SOE in Greece and in the Middle EastChapter 5: The Occupation of GreeceChapter 6: Covert Operations and Guerrilla Warfare, 1941–1944Chapter 7: Armed Resistance and Guerrilla WarfareChapter 8: Liberation and CrisisEpilogue: From Resistance to Civil War

Produkt-Details

• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: balkan history • British history • civil war history • German History • Greek History • intelligence history • Nazi occupation • Occupation of Greece • World War II
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-6409-7 / 1498564097
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-6409-0 / 9781498564090