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War in the Islands: Undercover Operations in the Aegean, 1942-1944

Author Adrian Seligman
Publisher Sutton Pub Ltd
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ISBN / ASIN0750914394
ISBN-139780750914390
Sales Rank3,423,987
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸

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This is an anthology of true stories about a little-known episode in the Mediterranean during World War II. The author formed and commanded a flotilla of caiques on undercover operations in the Greek islands whose task was to smuggle Allied raiding parties and their supplies in and out of enemy held territory, in total secrecy and under cover of darkness - risky undertakings that required high levels of navigational and seamanship skills from the skippers. This clandestine war is recounted by the author, 12 skippers of caiques, one of a motor launch and an RAF officer, who were actually involved in these operations.