Secrecy, Sabotage, and Aiding the Resistance: How Anglo-American Cooperation Shaped World War II - Volumes
Volumes
11 volumes in Secrecy, Sabotage, and Aiding the Resistance: How Anglo-American Cooperation Shaped World War II
Anglo-American joint projects, 1940-1954
These records focus on ways in which the United States and the United Kingdom worked together. Sabotage training took place at Camp X, Canada, where Britons and Americans learned methods to hinder the enemy and aid rebels. The trained men would be known as the Jedburghs, an elite group of covert operations soldiers whose motto was 'surprise, kill, and vanish'. This British co-operation with the US was only achieved through... Read more →
British security services' activities in the USA, 1940-1945
These items cover British operations inside the United States. Many of these papers focus on the surveillance and assessment of groups within the US. Groups of interest included Italian anti-fascists and hostile nationalists from the America First Committee, as well as Basque organisations. American relations with the Austrian legion and co-operation with Russia were also of interest. As the war progressed, these papers would change focus to cover Anglo-American trade... Read more →
US and British security services' operations in Europe, 1940-1945
Diplomacy plays a significant role in these items, as the UK and US held a number of meetings to discuss their strategies for different countries. The discussions include the signing of the 'London Agreement' on military co-operation. These reports cover British and US operations from Belgium to Crete; their main focus being on activities in France and Italy. Records from 1945 describe conditions in Italy at the end of the... Read more →
Anglo-American operations in China and the South East Asia Command, 1940-1946
These items focus on China and only contain items on South East Asia where they relate to China. Many of these documents also contain maps. The main themes of these papers are operational details, intelligence on China itself, and the conflict for the coast of China. The British Army Aid Group also features as it assisted escaped prisoners of war. Read more →
