Secret Alliances

Dr Tony Insall worked for more than thirty years in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and served in Nigeria, Hong Kong, China and Malaysia, before spending five years in Norway. He was also an associate editor of FCO Historians and has published several books and articles on Norwegian history. He is a senior visiting fellow in the Department of War Studies at King's College London and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

An appraisal of Anglo-Norwegian cooperation in the Second World War, subtitled "Special Operations & Intelligence In Norway 1940-1945 - The British Perspective".

Table of Contents:Abbreviations Maps Chapter 1 AN INTRODUCTION Chapter 2 THE RESISTANCE BEGINS 9 April 1940: German invasionChapter 3 'DANGEROUS RIVALS' SIS and SOE:did their differencesdamage operations in Norway?Chapter 4 CRACKING ABWEHR CODES How Bletchley Park made the breakthroughChapter 5 GERMAN SUCCESS, NEAR MISSES AND FAILURESAbwehr espionage: agents, double agents and Double-CrossChapter 6 SECRET ALLIANCES TAKE EFFECT 1941-1942: creating a productive relationshipChapter 7 SOE'S SUCCESSES AND SETBACKS Operations and problems 1941-1943Chapter 8 THE SIS COAST-WATCHERS Development of naval coverageChapter 9 OPERATIONS FRESHMAN AND GUNNERSIDEAttempts to destroy the heavy water plant at VemorkChapter 10 THE TIDE STARTS TO TURN 1943-1944: preparations for liberationChapter 11 HUNTING DOWN THE TIRPITZ Churchill's obsessionChapter 12 SOE SABOTAGE AND DISRUPTING THE U-BOATS1944: diversification of operationsChapter 13 'LUKKET PÅ GRUNN AV GLEDE' 'Closed because of joy' - the final steps to freedomChapter 14 RETRIBUTION, RECOGNITION AND COMPENSATIONThe aftermathAppendix: DSO CITATIONS FOR BJØRN RØRHOLT AND TORSTEIN RAABYEndnotes Select Bibliography Acknowledgements Index