Author: Count Galeazzo Ciano
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1787206874
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 509
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The inside story of international politics in Nazi-controlled Europe during World War II, told by the ultimate insider, Count Galeazzo Ciano—Italian Foreign Minister and son-in-law of Mussolini—who was ultimately charged as a traitor and killed by the Fascists in 1943. “In this state of mind, which excludes any falsehood, I declare that not a single word of what I have written in my diaries is false or exaggerated or dictated by selfish resentment. It is all just what I have seen and heard. And if, when making ready to take leave of life, I consider allowing the publication of my hurried notes, it is not because I expect posthumous revaluation or vindication, but because I believe that an honest testimonial of the truth in this sad world may still be useful in bringing relief to the innocent and striking at those who are responsible.”—(signed) GALEAZZO CIANO, December 23, 1943, Cell 27 of the Verona Jail.
Author: conte Galeazzo Ciano
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Category : Cabinet officers
Languages : en
Pages : 624
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"Gian Galeazzo Ciano, 2nd Count of Cortellazzo and Buccari (Italian pronunciation: [aleattso tano]) ; 18 March 1903 ? 11 January 1944 (executed) was an Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Benito Mussolini's son-in-law. In early 1944 Count Ciano was shot by firing squad at the behest of his father-in-law, Mussolini, under pressure from Nazi Germany. Ciano left an imperative diary of his views on subjects like "Mussolini", "Hitler", "Italian-German alliance during WWII" and has been used among others by William Shirer in his monumental The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich."--Wikipedia.
Author: conte Galeazzo Ciano
Publisher:
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Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 582
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Author: conte Galeazzo Ciano
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Languages : en
Pages : 584
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Author: MacGregor Knox
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521338356
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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This book explores the motives, preparation, objectives, contact and consequences of Italy's war of 1940, which ended the country's role as a great power and reduced it to the status of first among Germany's satellites. What Professor Knox demonstrates is the limits of Mussolini's power. In particular, thanks to exhaustive research in the relevant archives, he has been able to throw important new light on Mussolini's relations with his military advisers and commanders.
Author: Tilar J. Mazzeo
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 153873527X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
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In a tale as twisted as any spy thriller, discover how three women delivered critical evidence of Axis war crimes to Allied forces during World War II: !--StartFragment --“A tantalizingly novelistic history lesson" (Kirkus).!--EndFragment -- In 1944, news of secret diaries kept by Italy's Foreign Minister, Galeazzo Ciano, had permeated public consciousness. What wasn't reported, however, was how three women—a Fascist's daughter, a German spy, and an American banker’s wife—risked their lives to ensure the diaries would reach the Allies, who would later use them as evidence against the Nazis at Nuremberg. In 1944, Benito Mussolini's daughter, Edda, gave Hitler and her father an ultimatum: release her husband, Galeazzo Ciano, from prison, or risk her leaking her husband's journals to the press. To avoid the peril of exposing Nazi lies, Hitler and Mussolini hunted for the diaries for months, determined to destroy them. Hilde Beetz, a German spy, was deployed to seduce Ciano to learn the diaries' location and take them from Edda. As the seducer became the seduced, Hilde converted as a double agent, joining forces with Edda to save Ciano from execution. When this failed, Edda fled to Switzerland with Hilde’s daring assistance to keep Ciano's final wish: to see the diaries published for use by the Allies. When American spymaster Allen Dulles learned of Edda's escape, he sent in Frances De Chollet, an “accidental” spy, telling her to find Edda, gain her trust, and, crucially, hand the diaries over to the Americans. Together, they succeeded in preserving one of the most important documents of WWII. Drawing from in‑depth research and first-person interviews with people who witnessed these events, Mazzeo gives readers a riveting look into this little‑known moment in history and shows how, without Edda, Hilde, and Frances's involvement, certain convictions at Nuremberg would never have been possible. Includes a Reading Group Guide.
Author: Ray Moseley
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300079173
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342
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Dotyczy m. in. Polski.
Author: conte Galeazzo Ciano
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Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Den italienske udenrigsminister grev Galeazzo Cianos (1903-1944) krigsdagbøger
Author: Galeazzo Ciano
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781781554487
Category : Cabinet officers
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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"The text has been based on the American edition of 1945 edited by Hugh Gibson"--Page 8.
Author: conte Galeazzo Ciano
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9781842124765
Category : Fascists
Languages : en
Pages : 624
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'Of all the documents to come out of the 1939-45 War...Ciano's Diary is the most interesting...' Malcolm Muggeridge.
