- Publisher: Osprey
- Year: 2019
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 336pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 223x140mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.5kg
- ISBN: 9781472835444
- Product code: 517141
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An Englishman Abroad
SOE Agent Dick Mallaby's Italian Missions, 1943–45
Gianluca BarneschiPostscript summary
SOE agent Richard Mallaby was the first British operative to be parachuted into Italy, landing in Lake Como in August 1943. Based on new research, personal papers and eyewitness accounts, this book depicts a flamboyant individual whose subsequent exploits included helping King Victor Emmanuel III escape across enemy lines, negotiating the Italian armistice, and securing the eventual surrender of German forces there.
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