00:00Peggy 16
00:06SOE Classified Intelligence
00:10Subject Italy 1943
00:14Operation Torch
00:15The British American invasion of French occupied North Africa
00:19Has proved overwhelmingly successful
00:21Resistance was virtually non-existent
00:24Ejecting the Nazis from North Africa
00:27Has cleared the way for an Allied offensive
00:29Of Southern Europe
00:30Our intention is to invade Sicily
00:34And use this as a base from which to launch
00:36An invasion of mainland Italy
00:38The task will not be easy
00:41Italy has been under fascist rule since 1922
00:45Dictator Benito Mussolini's forces
00:47Have ruthlessly suppressed opposition
00:51Nazi troops are Mussolini's honoured guests
00:54Things are changing however
00:56Allied bombing, food shortages
00:58And the spread of diseases like typhus are taking their toll on the populace
01:03In March 1943 strikes crippled Italy's war production
01:07Further civil disobedience seems likely
01:10Mussolini's government looks increasingly weak
01:13For the present
01:14Our campaign of disinformation seems to have convinced Hitler and most of the Nazi hierarchy that we intend to invade
01:22Sardinia and Greece
01:23As soon as Hitler learns of our plans
01:26He's certain to commit troops to the mainland
01:29Probably in substantial numbers
01:32But then spreading the Third Reich too thin
01:35Is exactly our aim
01:37We need someone who can prepare the way for the Allies
01:40Someone who can fan the flames of resistance
01:44And we need him now
01:46Briefing complete
01:50And we need him now
01:51We need people to go ahead and work
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