Setting the Med Ablaze :

Churchill's Secret North

African Base
 By
Peter Dixon
Cloudshill Press
 It was Christmas 1942 when eleven young women boarded the
troopship Strathaird and braved the attentions of U-Boats in the
deep Atlantic. Borrowing a cricketing phrase, they called
themselves the First Eleven. But they were not the first to arrive at
the Special Operations Executive's secret North African base near
Algiers. Code-named Massingham, it was formed by SOE to
spearhead subversion and sabotage in what Winston Churchill
called 'the soft underbelly' of Europe.
Massingham was hidden away at the Club des Pins, a former luxury
resort nestling among pines next to a Mediterranean beach. By the
time SOE had got to work, there was little luxury left.
Setting the Med Ablaze tells the true stories of the men and women
of Churchill's secret base. Its life was short. Less than two years
after its formation, its job was done. But Massingham played a key
role in the Allied offensive in the Mediterranean islands, Italy and
France.
If you enjoy historical nonfiction, this book is for you.

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