Eagle
This chapter highlights the Soviet expedition headed by General Lieutenant Nikolai Vasilyevich Korneyev of the twelve C-47 transport aircraft that flew to Astrakhan and then proceeded to Baku, Tehran, Baghdad, Tripoli, and Tunis. It describes Operation Bari as a Soviet special operation of the largest scale that intended to exercise control over the guerrillas from Athens to Marseille and then land the role of the key political factor in the new, fascism-free Europe. It also talks about the Italian government of Marshal Badoglio, who was most inclined to accept the Soviets as he had been entrusted by the Italian king with forming a new government after the capitulation. The chapter recounts how Badoglio's government agreed to make the base available to the Soviets in exchange for Joseph Stalin's recognition. It highlights that the city of Bari became the Red Army's Mediterranean headquarters.