Perusing latest issue of WWII History mag today, and a fine article by COL (Ret) John Mancini discussing the SOE/OSS efforts in Albania. While the article highlights the eventual pivotal role of a USMC GySgt
commo guy, Nick "Cooky" Kukich, there is mention of British actor Sir Anthony Quayle who was an SOE officer at the time. Quayle over the years authored a couple of books and several screen plays along covert opns themes - while remaining reticent about his wartime role - and had stated that the original screenplay for
Guns of Navarone was very similar to actual ops conducted in the Med by SOE and OSS teams. Those teams were a true thorn to the Germans who devoted increasingly larger maneuver-size forces, needed in Italy, dedicated to hunting them down.
The movie remains for HH6 & I easily watchable and shows the difficulties involved in partisans who already have their own political & tribal differences. You can't just go into a country, bow down and say, "now can't we all just play nice?"