Brigate Osoppo

So can you give us an idea about why the SOE recruited Paola as an agent, and tell us a little bit about her work?

Yeah, Paola [laughs] had been a courier for the Osoppo Brigade since 1943.

She was a young student.

When her brother Renato was killed leading an assault on a fascist barracks in Tolmezzo in April 1944, she told the Osoppo leadership she would do anything for the cause he had given his life for.

80 years later to the day, King Charles stood before the Italian parliament and named her Paola Deldin, trained by Special Operations Executive and dropped by parachute to carry out her mission in support of the Allies 80 years ago today.

I salute her courage.

So as you mentioned, and I had alluded to earlier, Paola was part of the Osoppo Brigade, which was made up of Catholics, socialists, and others with more moderate political views compared to, say, the communists.

So tell us a little bit about the Porzus massacre and which we've mentioned earlier, exactly why it happened.