Description: The full title of this book is Corsican Command – A dramatic first-hand account of clandestine operations in the Western Mediterranean, 1943 – 1944. In it Patrick Whinney gives an account of how in the autumn of 1943 he was appointed to organise clandestine transport of secret agents and resistance personnel to and from enemy territory from the advanced base in Corsica. This was done with the newly captured MAS – boat which were taken from the Italians. The author captures the reader’s attention in this factual account in which he describes the individuals, the operations, the danger and the humour during these dangerous missions.