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Major Malcolm Munthe MC (30 January 1910–24 November 1995〔 General Register Office Deaths Nov 1995〕〔Probate Calendar, England and Wales〕) was a British soldier, writer, and curator, and son of the famous Swedish doctor and writer Axel Munthe and his second wife Hilda Pennington-Mellor. ==Early life and Second World War== Brought up between the Swedish court, Italy, and Britain, where his mother owned two large houses, Hellens in Herefordshire and Southside House in Wimbledon, Malcolm Munthe became a British citizen at the outbreak of World War II in order to fight, since Sweden would be neutral throughout the war. He was assigned to the Gordon Highlanders for no other reason than his first name's Scottish roots. Later recruited to the Special Operations Executive, he worked behind enemy lines in occupied Scandinavia - both in Norway and Sweden - as a spy and saboteur, famously blowing up a Nazi munitions train some 70 miles from his own family home in Leksand, Dalarna. After a harrowing escape, recounted in his wartime memoir ''Sweet is War'', he was put in charge of SOE's activities in Southern Italy, where he participated in the Anzio landings. In Scandinavia, Major Munthe had established a network of 'Friends' which he called the "Red Horse", in imitation of the Baroness Orczy's ''Scarlet Pimpernel''. In Southern Italy, he took the mimicry further, dressing as a (large) old lady to smuggle a radio transmitter past Nazi lines and coordinate SOE activity in the occupied zone. Munthe was also instrumental in the rescue of liberal philosopher Benedetto Croce and his family, held captive in Sorrento, and their flight to Capri where his father Axel Munthe's house Villa San Michele provided shelter. Major Malcolm Munthe was decorated with the Military Cross for bravery. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Malcolm Munthe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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