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British clandestine activities in Romania during the Second World War /

British Clandestine Activities in Romania during the Second World War is the first monograph to examine the activity throughout the entire war of SOE and MI6. It was generally believed in Britain's War Office, after Hitler's occupation of Austria in March 1938, that Germany would seek to i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Deletant, Dennis, 1946- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Secret service > Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > Romania.
Subversive activities > Romania > History > 20th century.
Espionage, British > Romania > History > 20th century.
Great Britain. > Special Operations Executive > History.
Great Britain. > MI6 > History > 20th century.
Great Britain > Relations > Romania.
Romania > Relations > Great Britain.
Table of Contents:
  • Selective biographical roster
  • Mission accomplished : the coup of 23 August 1944
  • Setting the scene : problems of cohesion, 1918-1938
  • The drift into Germany's orbit : romania, 1938-1941
  • The prelude to hostilities : projecting Britain in Romania
  • Challenging German ambitions : clandestine British military operations in Romania, 1939-41
  • Clandestine British operations in Romania, 1942-1943
  • The "autonomous" mission
  • MI6 and Romania, 1940-1945
  • The eradication of opposition to communist rule
  • Condemned but not forgotten : the fate of pro-British activists in Romania, 1945-1964.