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- ‘James Bond’ drops into Lake Como June 8, 2021
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Recent Posts
- True Crime in Como – the Molteni Murder September 15, 2021
- Walking Lake Como’s Wayfarer Way September 9, 2021
- Como’s Changing Lakefront August 5, 2021
- Como: The Potential for Cultural Tourism June 23, 2021
- ‘James Bond’ drops into Lake Como June 8, 2021
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‘James Bond’ drops into Lake Como
A real ‘James Bond’ secret agent drops into Lake Como, is immediately arrested but eventually acts as the facilitator of the Italian Armistice in September 1943 – a story truly stranger than fiction Continue reading
Posted in Events, History, Lake, People, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged Badoglio, Dick Mallaby, Eisenhower, Faggeto Lario, Lake Como, partisans, Pognana, San Donnino, secret agents, SOE, spies, Wolff
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Through Conflict to Collaboration, Achille Grandi, Como and the Birth of the Republic
Through Conflict to Collaboration, Achille Grandi, Como and the Birth of the Republic – in memory of the post-war anti-fascist alliance. Continue reading
Posted in Events, History, People, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged Achille Grandi, Allen Dulles, Alpini, Anti-fascism, Azione Cattolica, Badoglio, Captain Ricci, CGIL, Christian Democrats, church, CIL, Gronchi, History, Leo XIII, Mussolini, PCI, Politics, PPI, PSI, Rerum Novarum, SIT, Sturzo, Togliatti
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