Operation Gladio: The CIA’s Secret Nazi-Collaborating Terror Armies in Europe & Beyond
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See full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/83190433 Collaboration between the US and fascists is a pattern that stretches back to the end of World War II and NATO’s founding, when the US and British intelligence services established a secret far-right terror network armies across NATO countries made up of fascists, Nazi collaborators and actual Nazis. This is just the first half of this episode. The second half is available for Breakthrough News Members only. Become a member at https://www.Patreon.com/BreakthroughNews to access the full episode and other exclusive content. Check out our previous episode w/ Matteo Capasso on Libya: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKhOTEfNjdg&t=1779s

Operation Gladio was also used to maintain [neo]imperialism in the global South, and, you know, one example of that—again, I have to credit Asa Winstanley—is that the right‐wing dictatorship of António Salazar in Portugal allowed Portugal to be a major Gladio base, which, um…which was called—it had its own army called ‘Aginter Press’, which trained terrorists for assassination operations, targetting liberation struggles in Portugal’s African colonies. So this went beyond just what was happening in Europe.

(Admittedly, some of what this video shares is nothing new, but having a reminder every now and then is fine.)

Events that happened today (August 13):

1866: Giovanni Agnelli, Axis businessman, was born.
1902: Felix Heinrich Wankel, Fascist engineer, was born.
1937: The Empire of Japan started the Battle of Shanghai.
1944: Axis troops began the pillage and razing of Anogeia in Crete that would continue until September 5.

  • @ChrisLichtEnglish
    8•9 months ago

    I am old and have several degrees, a couple of them tangentially relevant to the topic, but never heard of Gládio until listening to Chapo in the past few years. Makes me wonder what other gaping holes there are in my US liberal arts education.