Soldiers, airmen, spies, and whisperers
Subtitle: the Gold Coast in World War II
By: Nancy Ellen Lawler.
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Athens, OH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence -- Ghana.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Ghana.; Ghana -- History -- To 1957.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-275) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Chapter One: The Fall of France and the British West African Colonies; title: I Introduction; title: II A Summer of Uncertainty; title: III The Lines Harden: Oran and Its Aftermath; title: IV The War Office Takes Over; title: V De Gaulle, the AEF, and the AOF: Win One, Lose One; title: VI Invasion Scares: Perceiving the Threat; title: VII The Gold Coast Regiment before World War II; title: VIII The Build-up to War; title: Chapter Two: The Takoradi Ferry and Defense on the Home Front; title: I Beginnings of the West African Reinforcement Route; title: II The West African Reinforcement Route: Fully Operational; title: III The West African Reinforcement Route: Enter the United States; title: IV New Blood: The Expansion of the Gold Coast Regiment; title: V The Home Guard; title: VI Invasion and Counter-invasion: Fears; title: Chapter Three: The Special Operations Executive in West Africa:; title: The Franck Mission; title: I Economic Warfare and the Special Operations Executive; title: II Eyes on West Africa; title: III The Franck Mission and WAGON; title: IV The Franck Mission: The Gold Coast Section; title: V The Free French; title: Chapter Four: With Friends Like Thesethe SOE, the SIS, and the Army; title: I From the Franck Mission to Frawest; title: II Intelligence Gathering in the Gold Coast; title: III West Africa's Little War: Giffard and the SIS; title: vs Governors' Conference and the SOE; title: IV Exit Wingate; title: V Enter Lumby; title: Chapter Five: The Special Operations Executive at Work in the Gold Coast; title: I A Window on Wenchi; title: II Free French Operations; title: III Smuggling; title: IV To Fraternize or not to Fraternize; title: Chapter Six: Propaganda: The Home Front and Beyond; title: I Spreading the Word: Wartime Broadcasting in the Gold Coast; title: II Information Bureaus and Cinema Vans; title: III Propaganda, the Free French, and the SOE; title: IV Whispering in the Dark; title: V Vichy Propaganda; title: VI The Spitfires Fund; title: VII The Impact of the Propaganda Machine; title: Chapter Seven: The Crossing of the Gyaman: Triumph or Embarrassment?; title: I One People, Two Colonies: The Gyaman of C6te d'Ivoire and Gold Coast; title: II The Gyaman under Vichy; title: III The Crossings of the Gyaman; title: IV Meanwhile, Back in the C6te d'Ivoire; title: V The Return of the Gyaman; title: Chapter Eight: The Beginning of the End: The War Moves On; title: I Operation Torch: The AOF Deserts Vichy; title: II The Fate of Frawest; title: III The Fate of the Soldiers and Airmen; title: Chapter Nine: Possible Futures; title: I Fantasies of War; title: II A First What-If: The SOE Triumphant; title: III A Second What-If: The Takoradi Ferry Disrupted; title: IV A Third What-If: Boisson between Axis and Allies; title: V A Fourth What-If: Dakar Falls to Free France in September 1940.