Secret Flotillas: Clandestine Sea Operations in the Mediterranean, North Africa and the Adriatic 1940-1944

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
List of Illustrations......Page 10
List of Maps......Page 12
Preface to the Second Edition......Page 13
Foreword......Page 14
Acknowledgements to the First Edition......Page 16
Acknowledgements to the Second Edition......Page 20
I The Polish Predicament......Page 21
II Mass Evacuations from the Marseilles Area and the Fidelity Tragedy......Page 34
III Operations from Gibraltar to Morocco: July–October 1941......Page 43
IV Krajewski’s Operations to Western Algeria: October 1941–January 1942......Page 78
V Krajewski’s Further Plans for Operations to North Africa and Southern France: December 1941–March 1942......Page 108
VI Operations from Gibraltar to Southern France: April–June 1942......Page 117
VII The Coast Watching Flotilla and the Polish Special Operations Group......Page 155
VIII Problems and Methods of Operating from Gibraltar to the South of France......Page 159
IX Operations by Seawolf, Seadog and Tarana: July–September 1942......Page 163
X Last of the Polish Evacuation Missions......Page 214
XI The Changing Strategic Context in the Western Mediterranean......Page 220
XII Renewed Priority for Operations to French North Africa......Page 223
XIII SOE and OSS Prepare for TORCH......Page 227
XIV The Last Phase of the CWF’s Operation: October–November 1942......Page 234
XV Final Preparations for TORCH......Page 238
XVI Unsuccessful Attempts to Revive Felucca Operations......Page 242
XVII Operations by Sea for SIS and SOE in Tunisia......Page 246
XVIII Clandestine Sea Transport Operations in the Western Mediterranean after TORCH......Page 258
XIX Missions to Sardinia and Corsica: January–March 1943......Page 278
XX Last Missions to Corsica before the Italian Armistice and its Liberation......Page 291
XXI Operations from Bastia......Page 304
XXII Early Operations in the Adriatic and Southern Italy......Page 328
XXIII African Coastal Flotilla (Adriatic)......Page 340
XLIV The Ferry Service......Page 344
XXV SOSO(A) Taranto......Page 346
XXVI A Pyrrhic Victory......Page 351
XXVII LEGHORN 1944: The ACF’s Last Phase......Page 353
XXVIII Clandestine Sea Operations to and from Nice......Page 354
Epilogue......Page 363
Notes......Page 368
Appendix A: Clandestine Sea Transport Operations from Gibraltar to French North Africa and the South Coasts of France and Spain......Page 376
Appendix B: Clandestine Sea Operations from Various Bases to Tunisia......Page 393
Appendix C: Operations from Algiers to Corsica, South Coast of France and Spain......Page 396
Appendix D: Clandestine Operations from Corsica to South Coast of France......Page 405
Appendix E: Sea Operations Analysis—West Coast Italy and Islands except Corsica......Page 409
Appendix F: Sea Operations Analysis—Adriatic (including Eastern Italy, Yugoslavia, Albania and Greece)......Page 422
Bibliography......Page 447
Index......Page 450