Secret War in Portugal
[1939-1945]
This is a website about the secret war in Portugal during WW2. It focuses on the strategy and tactics of the clandestine action and the collection of information by foreign powers in this neutral country. 24 Land was the SOE [British Special Operations Executive]’s code name for Portugal.
José António Barreiros
Latest Entries
Cecil Rivière: o cabo submarino em Portugal
Cecil Harold Rivière. Nasceu a 4 de Abril de 1894. O livro é a sua biografia escrita por uma neta, Sue Dormer, relatando o que foi a vida daquele engenheiro da Western Telegraph Company, onde…
Lily Sergueiew and Elizabeth Hill
In 2006 I wrote the biography of Nataliya Sergueiew and I quoted in the book the memoirs of her cousin Dame Elizabeth Hill, published in 1999, in the book "In the Mind's Eye". In 2016…