Journal article
The mutiny that never was: The special operations executive and the failure of operation ‘Kitchenmaid’
Intelligence and National Security, Vol.28(6), pp.808-823
2013
Abstract
This article analyses the development and failure of a plan by the Special Operations Executive (SOE) to use a small-scale mutiny by German troops in Greece in 1944 to engender a widespread uprising within the Reichsarbeitsdienst and the ranks of non-German troops serving in the Wehrmacht. Through an analysis of this operation, codenamed ‘Kitchenmaid’, an assessment will be made of the capabilities and motivations of SOE's Greek section (Force 133); the problem of its cooperation with Greek communist guerrillas in relation to British foreign policy towards Greece; and the strategic and political value of ‘Kitchenmaid’.
Details
- Title
- The mutiny that never was: The special operations executive and the failure of operation ‘Kitchenmaid’
- Authors/Creators
- J. Crossland (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Intelligence and National Security, Vol.28(6), pp.808-823
- Publisher
- Routledge as part of the Taylor and Francis Group
- Identifiers
- 991005544382407891
- Copyright
- 2013 Taylor & Francis
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Arts
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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