Description
| Product ID: | 9781784420406 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CN |
| Series: | Shire Library |
| Title: | SOE |
| Subtitle: | Churchill’s Secret Agents |
| Authors: | Author: Terry Crowdy |
| Page Count: | 64 |
| Subjects: | European history, European history, History, Second World War, Irregular or guerrilla forces and warfare, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War, Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare, Europe, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The SOE (Special Operations Executive) was one of the most innovative British creations of the Second World War. This book looks at the men and women who made up the SOE, the rigorous training to which they were subjected, and their lives during and after the war. The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was one of the most innovative British creations of the Second World War. Its mission was to export resistance, subversion, and sabotage to occupied Europe and beyond, disrupting the German war effort and building a Secret Army which would work in the shadows to help defeat the Nazis. Potential agents were put through intensive paramilitary and parachute training, then taught how to live clandestinely behind enemy lines, to operate radios and write in secret codes. They lived in constant fear of arrest, and of betrayal by treacherous collaborators. This book uses rare images from the collections of The National Archives and the Imperial War Museum to illustrate the lives of the men and women who made up the SOE, their rigorous training, the clever gadgets they used, and their lives behind enemy lines. |
| Imprint Name: | Shire Publications |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-04-21 |
