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CODENAME RYGOR

MIECZYSŁAW ZYGFRYD SŁOWIKOWSKI

The spy behind the Allied victory in North Africa

 

Major General Mieczysław Zygfryd Słowikowski, codenamed Rygor, was a Polish intelligence officer who helped establish Allied spy networks in occupied France and, later, in German-occupied North Africa.

In July 1941, Słowikowski was transferred to Algiers, where he set up and ran one of the war’s most successful intelligence operations, providing the vast bulk of the intelligence for Operation Torch, the 1942 Allied invasion of North Africa. Although not as well known as the later operations in France and Italy, Operation Torch provided a turning point in the war against the Axis powers. Słowikowski lit the fuse.

His immense bravery and effort were later rewarded with the American Legion of Merit and the Order of the British Empire. This is his extraordinary story.

 

352pp Paperback, £9.99

 

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