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Informationen zum Autor Ian Herrington is a retired higher education professional who worked at Hertfordshire University. He has a PhD from De Montfort University. Klappentext Between 1940 and 1945, Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE) carried out sabotage and organised resistance across occupied Europe. Over 5 years, SOE sent over 500 agents into Norway to carry out a range of operations from sabotage and assassination to attempts to organise an underground guerrilla army. This book is the first multi-archival, international academic analysis of SOE's policy and operations in Norway and the influences that shaped them, challenging previous interpretations of the relationship between this organisation and both the Norwegian authorities and the Milorg resistance movement.The first multi-archival look into Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE) policy and operations in Norway between 1940 and 1945 Zusammenfassung Between 1940 and 1945, Britain’s Special Operations Executive (SOE) carried out sabotage and organised resistance across occupied Europe. Over 5 years, SOE sent over 500 agents into Norway to carry out a range of operations from sabotage and assassination to attempts to organise an underground guerrilla army. This book is the first multi-archival, international academic analysis of SOE’s policy and operations in Norway and the influences that shaped them, challenging previous interpretations of the relationship between this organisation and both the Norwegian authorities and the Milorg resistance movement. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Abbreviations Maps List of Illustrations CHAPTERSIntroduction 1.The Formation of SOE and its Scandinavian Section: A New Strategic Tool and a Nordic Opportunity 2.SOE’s Policy in Norway 1940-1945: The Combination of Short and Long-Term Aims 3.SOE and the Norwegian Government and its Military Authorities 1940-1945: Control through Collaboration4.SOE and the Military Resistance in Norway 1940-1945: Direction, Separation and finally Partnership5.SOE and the other New Organisations Operating in Norway 1940-1945: A Military Alliance6. SOE and the Regular Armed Forces Operating in Norway 1940-1945: an Unexpected Partnership 7. SOE Operations in Norway 1940-1944: The Combination of Sabotage and the Organisation of a Clandestine Army 8.SOE and the Liberation of Norway 1944-1945: Operations in the Shadow of OverlordConclusionAPPENDICESAppendix A: SOE Coup de Main Ops in Norway 1940-44: pp.257-261 Appendix B: Sea-Borne Operations Instigated by or Involving SOE along the Norwegian Seaboard 1940-1945AppendixC: SOE Long-Term and Miscellaneous Operations in Norway 1940-1945Bibliography...
