The Hidden Operations Series

In the ruins of Nazi Germany, another war had already begun.

American and Soviet intelligence teams were racing to seize the scientists, engineers and technical knowledge left behind by the Third Reich. Rocket specialists. Aviation experts. Doctors. Engineers. Men whose knowledge could shape the next generation of weapons.

The United States called...

For decades, Western Europe prepared in secret for a war that never came.

Hidden weapons caches were established. Radio networks were prepared. Men were recruited and trained to remain behind enemy lines if Soviet forces ever occupied Western Europe.

In Italy, that clandestine organisation became known by one name:

Gladio.

Its original mission...

As Americans protested the Vietnam War, their government asked a troubling question: were foreign powers directing the movement?

The CIA was sent to look for the answer overseas. Its reports repeatedly failed to find evidence that foreign governments controlled the antiwar movement. Yet the inquiry continued to grow. Under the codename Operation...