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British Clandestine Activities in Romania during the Second World War
Dennis Deletant
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Description for British Clandestine Activities in Romania during the Second World War
Hardback. In the years preceding World War II, opportunity, proximity of manufacture, and the logistics of supply all told in favour of the Third Reich. In these circumstances the British concluded that their only weapon against German ambitions in Romania were military subversive operations and an attempt to draw Romania out of her alliance with Germany. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
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 impose its will on South-East Europe before turning its attention towards Western Europe. Given Romania's geographical position, there was little Britain could offer her. The brutal fact of British-Romanian relations was that Germany was inconveniently in the way: opportunity, proximity of manufacture and the logistics of supply all told in favour of the ... Read more
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 impose its will on South-East Europe before turning its attention towards Western Europe. Given Romania's geographical position, there was little Britain could offer her. The brutal fact of British-Romanian relations was that Germany was inconveniently in the way: opportunity, proximity of manufacture and the logistics of supply all told in favour of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
485g
Number of Pages
257
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137574510
SKU
V9781137574510
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Ref
99-15
About Dennis Deletant
Dennis Deletant is Visiting Ion Ra?iu Professor of Romanian Studies in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, USA. He is also Emeritus Professor of Romanian Studies at University College, London, where he taught in the School of Slavonic and East European Studies between 1969 and 2011.
Reviews for British Clandestine Activities in Romania during the Second World War
A much-needed contribution to the understanding of the British intelligence activities targeting Romania during World War II ... . this highly readable book is a must-read for students of Romanian and British history, especially for those interested in the history of espionage and international, political, and military history, the Holocaust, and the early communist regime in Romania. (Stefan Cristian ... Read more