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    SAS rogue heroes II

    From my publisher, Fonthill Media: 'Are you enjoying BBC's TV prgramme "SAS Rogue Heroes II?" If you want to know what happened to Colonel Stirling and Lt-Col. Paddy Mayne, then "SAS in ITALY 1943-1945" by Malcolm Tudor is the book for you! This is the story of Britain’s elite special force in...
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    The downfall of a dictator ...

    The downfall of a dictator, abandonment by his allies, and the total collapse of his regime in less than a fortnight! Not Assad and Syria now but Mussolini in the closing days of the Second World War in Italy ... On the 30th of April 1945 "The New York Times reported that ‘Mussolini his...
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    POW ESCAPE AND EVASION AFTER THE ARMISTICE ...

    ON THIS DAY IN ITALY IN1943 ~The 8th of September ~ terms of Armistice and Surrender signed in secret five days earlier by the Italians in Sicily were made public. The Allies had landed on the coast of Calabria. The Germans occupied the rest of the country and soon installed the deposed dictator...
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    THE 8TH OF SEPTEMBER 1943 ...

    ON THIS DAY IN ITALY IN1943 ~The 8th of September ~ terms of Armistice and Surrender signed in secret five days earlier by the Italians in Sicily were made public. The Allies had landed on the coast of Calabria. The Germans occupied the rest of the country and soon installed the deposed dictator...
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    THE 8TH OF SEPTEMBER 1943 ...

    ON THIS DAY IN ITALY IN 1943 ~The 8th of September ~ terms of Armistice and Surrender signed in secret five days earlier by the Italians in Sicily were made public. The Allies had landed on the coast of Calabria. The Germans occupied the rest of the country and soon installed the deposed...
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    The 25th of July 1943 ...

    ON THIS DAY IN 1943 (the 25th of July) Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini was overthrown in a palace coup and replaced by Marshal Pietro Badoglio as the King assumed command of the Armed Forces. Gradually the news arrived at the camps across Italy holding thousands of British and Allied...
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    The books I've written ...

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Malcolm-Edward-Tudor/author/B001KCHTWO Over twenty years of researching and writing about Italy during WW2 are distilled into my military history books. Five of the books are in paperback: 'British Prisoners of War in Italy: Paths to Freedom,' 'Beyond the Wire,'...
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    Mussolini flees Milan ...

    ON THIS DAY IN 1945 Benito Mussolini fled Milan after the failure of peace talks with his Resistance enemies under the mediation of the Cardinal Archbishop. Giving the order ‘We leave immediately for Como,’ the dictator led a long convoy out of the city in his Alfa Romeo. He was accompanied by...
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    Mussolini flees Milan ...

    ON THIS DAY IN 1945 Benito Mussolini fled Milan after the failure of peace talks with his Resistance enemies under the mediation of the Cardinal Archbishop. Giving the order ‘We leave immediately for Como,’ the dictator led a long convoy out of the city in his Alfa Romeo. He was accompanied by...
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    The downfall of Mussolini

    ON THIS DAY IN 1945 Benito Mussolini fled his villa on Lake Garda together with his German bodyguards and leading supporters in an attempt to escape the advancing Allied armies. However, he was captured by Italian partisans on the 27th of April and shot next day alongside his young lover...
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    So, what did happen to Benito Mussolini?

    The Italian Fascist dictator fled his villa on Lake Garda together with his leading supporters and German bodyguards on the 18th of April 1945 in an attempt to escape the advancing Allied armies. He was captured in Dongo on Lake Como on the 27th and shot next day alongside his young lover...
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    Books on British and Allied prisoners of war, escape and evasion, special operations, air supply, and resistance.

    The results of over twenty years researching and writing about wartime Italy are distilled into my military history books. Three of the titles are available in Kindle from Amazon and five more are in paperback and two in hardcover. The eBooks books are available from Amazon sites worldwide...
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    'A very accurate description of what took place in Italy in 1945'

    This is an insightful review from the United States of my new book on Mussolini. WILLIAM (BILL) CORVO, the son of Major Max Corvo, Operations Officer of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Secret Intelligence in wartime Italy, writes: ' I have just completed my reading of Malcolm Tudor's...
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    The Announcement of the Italian Armistice and Surrender

    In a surprise radio message on the evening of the 8th of September 1943, Marshal Pietro Badoglio, head of the Military Government which had replaced Mussolini, announced the Armistice and Surrender of the Italian Forces to General Dwight D Eisenhower, Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces. The...
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    'Mussolini, the Last 10 Days, a New Investigation'

    https://www.emiliapublishing.com/mussolini-last-days.php https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mussolini-Last-10-Days-Investigation/dp/1915292867/ Paperback and Kindle ... Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini fled his villa on Lake Garda together with his German bodyguards and leading supporters on...
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    Books on Italy in WW2 by Anglo-Italian author Malcolm Tudor

    It certainly is, Bob. With an Italian mother and grandparents involved in the Resistance and a British father who was a soldier with the 8th Army from Sicily to the Alps it might be said to be my mission statement. After a timeline, glossary, and chapter on unconventional warfare, there's an...
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    Books on Italy in WW2 by Anglo-Italian author Malcolm Tudor

    Over twenty years of researching and writing about wartime Italy are distilled into my books. Five of the titles are available in paperback: 'British Prisoners of War in Italy: Paths to Freedom,' 'Beyond the Wire,' 'Escape from Italy 1943-45,' 'At War in Italy 1943-1945,' and 'Mussolini, the...
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    Mussolini and the British and American secret services, SOE and OSS

    Thank you for your kind comments on the content and presentation of the book. I'm an Anglo-Italian writer and researcher and it's my tenth title on wartime Italy. I first started researching the topic of the last days of Mussolini in around 2010. I've visited the Italian lakes and Milan many...
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    Mussolini and the Allied Secret Services

    For the subject my latest book on wartime Italy, I've chosen to provide the solution to one of the great mysteries of the Second World War: How did Benito Mussolini really die? Was it simply an execution by Italian partisans or were foreign secret agents involved? The Communist Party claimed...
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