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Sir Ronald Campbell

British Ambassador in Lisbon, Sir Ronald Campbell, with Guilherme Pereira da Rosa, Director of the Portuguese newspaper O Século during a social visit. Considering the period of WW2 these were the United Kingdom's Ambassadors in Lisbon:…

José António BarreirosSeptember 8, 2019

Neutrality & Counter Espionage

Cabo Ruivo Seaplane Base

Cabo Ruivo Seaplane Base. Pan America used it to fly New York/Lisbon via Azores

José António BarreirosSeptember 5, 2019

Neutrality & Counter Espionage

Portela Airport in Lisbon

Portela Airport in Lisbon opened on 15 October 1943. Axis and Allied aircrafts landed here.

José António BarreirosSeptember 5, 2019

Allies

British Embassy

British Embassy in Lisbon, Rua São Francisco de Borja, 63 , phone number 4 4151, very near the German Legation. It has been the Residence of the Ambassador and Chancery since 1833, when Charles Ellis,…

José António BarreirosSeptember 2, 2019

Neutrality & Counter Espionage

1 September 1939: Portuguese neutrality

Geometric, benevolent and cooperative, Portuguese neutrality during WW2 remains the subject of controversy to this day. Although faithful to England in the strategic and military domains, Portugal continued to trade with both sides of the…

José António BarreirosSeptember 1, 2019

Axis

German Legation – Lisboa

German Legation in Lisbon, Rua do Pau de Bandeira, 9 currently the Embassy of the People's Republic of China. Telephone numbers were: 63170 / 63925 / 63179 /61545.

José António BarreirosAugust 29, 2019

Allies Axis

Explosives for Lisbon

In his book of memoirs, first published in 1972 and now translated from German to English by his daughter Katharine Wallace, Nikolaus Ritter , Abwehr officer for Luft Intelligence, reports on his travels to Lisbon…

José António BarreirosAugust 28, 2019

Allies Axis Escape Route

Humiliation and danger

On 28 August 1940, the Duke of Windsor and Mrs Wallis Simpson embarked from Lisbon to New York and from there to their destination: Bermuda. Following instructions received from the British Government through a letter…

José António BarreirosAugust 26, 2019

Escape Route

King Carol II

King Carol II and M. Lupescu’s stay in Portugal, where they arrived in March 1941, caused some distress to Oliveira Salazar because he was the heir of the legitimate branch of the monarchy, dethroned in…

José António BarreirosAugust 22, 2019

Allies

Michael Stewart

Michael Stewart, Press Attaché at the British Embassy in Lisbon, photographed at the party given when he left Portugal According to an Australian newspaper , he was involved in a frontier incident with Portuguese authorities…

José António BarreirosAugust 19, 2019

Sir Ronald Campbell

Cabo Ruivo Seaplane Base

Portela Airport in Lisbon

British Embassy

1 September 1939: Portuguese neutrality

German Legation – Lisboa

Explosives for Lisbon

Humiliation and danger

King Carol II

Michael Stewart

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