Angelico Carta

Angelico Carta
Carta at his HQ in Neapoli, 1942.
Born 1886
Allegiance  Kingdom of Italy
Service/branch  Royal Italian Army
Rank Lieutenant General
Unit 51st Infantry Division Siena

Angelico (Angelo) Carta (born 1886 in Riola Sardo) was an Italian military officer, best known for his actions during the Axis occupation of Crete in World War II.

Biography

Following the Armistice of Cassibile, Angelico Carta the commander of the 51st Infantry Division Siena stationed in east Crete, decided to side against the fascist Italian Social Republic. He contacted the Special Operations Executive (SOE) through the division's counter-intelligence officer, arranging that he and members of his staff sympathetic to the Allied cause be smuggled to Egypt along with the defence plans for the east of the island. After abandoning his car north-east of Neapoli as a diversion, Carta and his comrades set foot for south-west. Evading German patrols and observation planes he embarked a Motor Torpedo Boat at Soutsouro reaching Mersa Matruh the next afternoon, on 23 September 1943.[1] [2]

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Fermor 2014, pp. 1–3.
  2. ↑ Koukounas 2013, p. 115.

Sources

  • Koukounas, Demosthenes (2013). Η Ιστορία της Κατοχής [History of the Occupation] (in Greek). II. Athens: Livani. ISBN 978-960-14-2687-7.
  • Leigh Fermor, Patrick (2014). Abducting a General: The Kreipe Operation and SOE in Crete. London: John Murray. ISBN 978-1-4447-9658-2.


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