Collection type | Library |
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Author | Blackburn, Geoff, 1948-; |
Call Number | C 355.00994 S118 |
Document type | Journal Article |
Year | 2003 |
Citation | Sabretache : the journal of the Military Collectors Society of Australia. Sabretache : the journal of the Military Historical Society of Australia.: 2003, 44, 2 |
Pagination | 3 - 12 |
Mission 101 : the operational centres the hidden Australian involvement in Ethopia - WW2 and the formation of the Special Operational Executive , " SOE" / Geoff Blackburn
Abstract
Mission 101 started its days as a covert operation planned by Britain's Military Intelligence community MI(R).
The mission was designed to open a second front in North Africa by inciting rebellion against the Italian occupiers of Ethopia with the objective of re-installing the Ethiopean Emperor, Haile Sellaisse on the Ethopian throne.