Soe - Churchill''s Secret Agents

Informationen zum Autor Terry Crowdy has long been fascinated by many aspects of military history and takes great pleasure delving into forgotten historical sources and seeking information that has eluded others. The author of a number of articles and books including The Enemy Within: A History of Espionage, and Military Misdemeanours: Corruption, incompetence, lust and downright stupidity. Terry lives in Kent, UK. Klappentext 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.How British men and women risked everything to spy on and sabotage Hitler's Europe, this is the story of the Special Operations Executive in the Second World War. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Set Europe Ablaze / Organisation / Lessons in Ungentlemanly Warfare / Operations / Soe in the Balkans / The England Game / SOE in France / Women in SOE / Post War / Further Reading / Places to Visit / Index...

Product details

• Authors: Terry Crowdy, Crowdy Terry
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2016
• EAN: 9781784420406
• ISBN: 978-1-78442-040-6
• No. of pages: 64
• Series: Shire Library; Shire Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Europe, European History, HISTORY / Military / World War II, military history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, British & Irish history, Second World War, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, Irregular or guerrilla forces and warfare