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Eastern Approaches

Index Eastern Approaches

Eastern Approaches (1949) is an autobiographical account of the early career of Fitzroy Maclean. [1]

35 relations: Balkan Air Force, Barnaby Rogerson, Bukhara, Case Black, Case of the Anti-Soviet "Bloc of Rightists and Trotskyites", David Lloyd Owen, Emirate of Bukhara, Fazlollah Zahedi, George Millar (writer), Hans von Herwarth, History of Bukhara, Index of World War II articles (E), Ivo Lola Ribar, Joseph Wolff, Josip Broz Tito, Kalyan minaret, Leskovac, Lili Marleen, Linn Farrish, List of non-fiction writers, List of Scottish writers, Nasrullah Khan (Bukhara), Operation Fungus, Operation Ratweek (1944), Operation Typical, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Peretz Rosenberg, Randolph Churchill, Reader Bullard, Shiraz, Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, Time Reading Program, Tito–Šubašić Agreements, William M. Jones, Yugoslavia and the Allies.

Balkan Air Force

The Balkan Air Force (BAF) was an Allied air formation operating in the Balkans during World War II.

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Barnaby Rogerson

Barnaby Rogerson (born 17 May 1960) is a British author, television presenter and publisher.

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Bukhara

Bukhara (Uzbek Latin: Buxoro; Uzbek Cyrillic: Бухоро) is a city in Uzbekistan.

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Case Black

Case Black (Fall Schwarz), also known as the Fifth Enemy Offensive (Peta neprijateljska ofanziva) in Yugoslav historiography and often identified with its final phase, the Battle of the Sutjeska (Bitka na Sutjesci) was a joint attack by the Axis taking place from 15 May to 16 June 1943, which aimed to destroy the main Yugoslav Partisan force, near the Sutjeska river in south-eastern Bosnia.

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Case of the Anti-Soviet "Bloc of Rightists and Trotskyites"

The Case of the Anti-Soviet "Bloc of Rightists and Trotskyites" (or "Bloc of Rights and Trotskyites"), also known as the Trial of the Twenty-One, was the last of the three public Moscow Trials, show trials charging prominent Bolsheviks with espionage and treason.

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David Lloyd Owen

Major General David Lanyon Lloyd Owen (10 October 1917 – 5 April 2001) was a British soldier and writer.

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Emirate of Bukhara

The Emirate of Bukhara (امارت بخارا; Buxoro amirligi) was a Central Asian state that existed from 1785 to 1920, which is now modern-day Uzbekistan.

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Fazlollah Zahedi

Fazlollah Zahedi (Fazlollāh Zāhedi, pronounced; c. 1892 – 2 September 1963) was an Iranian general and statesman who replaced the democratically elected Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh through a coup d'état, in which he played a major role.

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George Millar (writer)

George Reid Millar DSO MC (19 September 1910 – 15 January 2005) was a Scottish journalist, soldier, author and farmer.

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Hans von Herwarth

Hans-Heinrich Herwarth von Bittenfeld (14 July 1904 – 21 August 1999), also known as Johnnie or Johann von Herwarth, was a German diplomat who provided the Allies with information prior to and during the Second World War.

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History of Bukhara

The history of Bukhara stretches back for millennia.

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Index of World War II articles (E)

# E. Frederic Morrow.

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Ivo Lola Ribar

Ivan Ribar (23 April 1916 – 27 November 1943), known as Ivo Lola or Ivo Lolo, was a Yugoslav communist politician and military leader of Croatian descent.

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Joseph Wolff

Joseph Wolff (1795 – 2 May 1862), a Jewish Christian missionary, was born at Weilersbach, near Bamberg, Germany.

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Josip Broz Tito

Josip Broz (Cyrillic: Јосип Броз,; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito (Cyrillic: Тито), was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and political leader, serving in various roles from 1943 until his death in 1980.

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Kalyan minaret

The Kalyan minaret is a minaret of the Po-i-Kalyan mosque complex in Bukhara, Uzbekistan and one of the most prominent landmarks in the city.

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Leskovac

Leskovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Лесковац) is a city and the administrative center of the Jablanica District in southern Serbia.

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Lili Marleen

"Lili Marleen" (also spelled "Lili Marlen", "Lilli Marlene", "Lily Marlene", "Lili Marlène" among others) is a German love song performed by Lale Andersen, which became popular during World War II throughout Europe and the Mediterranean among both Axis and Allied troops.

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Linn Farrish

Linn Markley Farrish (October 3, 1901 – September 11, 1944) was an American rugby union player and alleged spy.

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List of non-fiction writers

The term non-fiction writer covers vast numbers of fields and writers.

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List of Scottish writers

This list of Scottish writers is an incomplete alphabetical list of Scottish writers who have a Wikipedia page.

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Nasrullah Khan (Bukhara)

Nasrullah Khan or Nasr-Allah bin Haydar Tora was the Emir of Bukhara from 1827 to 1860.

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Operation Fungus

Operation Fungus was one of the two Special Operations Executive (SOE) exploratory missions to Yugoslav Partisans during the World War Two.

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Operation Ratweek (1944)

Launched on 1 September 1944, Operation Ratweek was a series of coordinated attacks on the Axis lines of communication, principally the railways, by Yugoslav partisans, the combined operations units of Land Forces Adriatic, the heavy bombers of the 15th Air Force and the light and medium bombers of the Balkan Air Force.

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Operation Typical

Operation Typical was the name of the first World War II British mission fully assigned to Yugoslav partisans HQ and Marshall Tito organised by the Special Operations Executive (SOE).

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Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is the parliamentary arm of the Council of Europe, a 47-nation international organisation dedicated to upholding human rights, democracy and the rule of law.

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Peretz Rosenberg

Peretz Rosenberg (September 11,1919 - October 25, 2008) was one of the early parachutists of pre-state Israel.

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Randolph Churchill

Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer-Churchill (28 May 1911 – 6 June 1968) was a British journalist, writer and a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Preston from 1940 to 1945.

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Reader Bullard

Sir Reader William Bullard (5 December 1885 – 24 May 1976) was a British diplomat and author.

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Shiraz

Shiraz (fa, Šīrāz) is the fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars Province (Old Persian as Pars).

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Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet

Sir Fitzroy Hew Royle Maclean, 1st Baronet, (11 March 1911 – 15 June 1996) was a Scottish soldier, writer and politician.

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Time Reading Program

The Time Reading Program (TRP) was a book sales club run by Time–Life, the publisher of Time magazine, from 1962 through 1966.

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Tito–Šubašić Agreements

The Tito–Šubašić Agreements (sporazumi Tito-Šubašić) was an attempt by the Western Powers to merge the royal Yugoslav government-in-exile with the Communist-led Partisans who were fighting the Axis occupation of Yugoslavia in the Second World War and were de facto rulers on the liberated territories.

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William M. Jones

Major William M. Jones (August 23, 1895 – 1969) was a Canadian soldier of World War I and World War II who served with distinction with the Yugoslav Partisans.

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Yugoslavia and the Allies

In 1941 when the Axis invaded Yugoslavia, King Peter II formed a Government in exile in London, and in January 1942 the royalist Draža Mihailović became the Minister of War with British backing.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Approaches

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