Franco's Friends: How British Intelligence Helped Bring Franco To Power In Spain

Peter Day

ISBN 10: 1849543615 / ISBN 13: 9781849543613

Verlag: Biteback Publishing, 2012

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Franco's Friends tells the little-known true story of how MI6 orchestrated the coup that brought General Franco to power in Spain in 1936, leading to the Spanish civil war and 40 years of right-wing dictatorship. It has long been known that a British plane took Franco from the Canaries to Morocco at the start of his coup. What is not known is the importance of his role and the extent of the involvement of the British intelligence services. Franco's Friends discloses a list of British secret agents who helped engineer Franco's coup, that reads like a who's who of British intelligence (including James Bond creator, Ian Fleming). The book shows that MI6 continued working in Spain through to the Second World War, putting together behind-the-scenes deals and ensuring that the UK's interests were maintained. Crucially, MI6 even financed bribes paid to the Spanish generals by the British naval attache in Madrid to keep Spain neutral, thus reaping the benefits for Britain in 1939-45. Based on previously unknown material from the National Archives, Imperial War Museum, the British Library and private archives, this is one of the great previously untold stories of the Second World War, revealing how Britain made a dubious but difficult moral choice that would have repercussions on the outcome of the Second World War.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: PETER DAY is a former senior reporter on The Mail on Sunday. A writer and journalist, he writes regularly for The Sunday Times and The Mail on Sunday. He lives in Surrey.

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Titel: Franco's Friends: How British Intelligence ...
Verlag: Biteback Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Very Good