Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a British organisation formed in 1940 to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in German-occupied Europe...
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This is a list of Special Operations Executive operations in World War II. Bernard (1943) – Albania, partisan support Cameron (1943) – Albania, partisan...
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former personnel of the Special Operations Executive, members of wartime resistance organisations, the Special Air Service, Special Boat Service and First...
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"Special military operation" (also "special operation", and abbreviated as "SMO" or "SVO", or Russian: спецопера́ция, romanized: spetsoperatsiya, Ukrainian:...
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fictionalised version of the role played by Winston Churchill's Special Operations Executive in Operation Postmaster. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare had...
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today's US Military Special Operations Forces (SOF). Special Operations was the American equivalent of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) of the United...
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Since its activation on 16 April 1987, U.S. Special Operations Command has participated in many operations, from the 1989 invasion of Panama to the War...
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paramilitary operations and SAC/PAG (Political Action Group) for covert political action. The Special Operations Group is responsible for operations that include...
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Operation Jedburgh was a clandestine operation during World War II in which three-man teams of operatives of the British Special Operations Executive...
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Through covert special operations teams, operating under the new Special Operations Executive (SOE) and the OSS' Special Operations teams, these men...
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Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) United States Naval Special Warfare Command (NSWC) United States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)...
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carried out by the Small Scale Raiding Force (SSRF) and the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in January 1942. Their objective was to board the Italian...
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Bill Stirling (British Army officer) (category British Special Operations Executive personnel)
War. Initially joining the Special Operations Executive, he would go on to command No. 62 Commando and then the 2nd Special Air Service (2 SAS). He was...
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bite down, and the poison concealed inside would be released. Special Operations Executive agents aiding the Cretan resistance usually carried grey rubber...
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(MI6) and Special Operations Executive (SOE). Donovan envisioned a single agency responsible for foreign intelligence and special operations involving...
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Lim Bo Seng (redirect from Operation Gustavus)
guerrilla task force backed by the Special Operations Executive, to carry out espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance operations in Japanese-occupied Malaya....
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Andrée Borrel (category French Special Operations Executive personnel)
French Resistance and as an agent for Britain's clandestine Special Operations Executive in World War II. The purpose of SOE was to conduct espionage...
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Sidney Charles Jones (category British Special Operations Executive personnel)
Sidney Jones MBE CdeG MR (1902–1944) was a British Special Operations Executive agent during the Second World War. He was captured and executed by the...
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This is a list of military special forces units, also known as special operations forces (SOF), currently active with countries around the world, that...
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No. 62 Commando (category Special Operations Executive)
formed around a small group of commandos under the command of the Special Operations Executive (SOE). They carried out a number of raids before being disbanded...
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Englandspiel (redirect from Special Operations Executive in the Netherlands)
codes to dupe the United Kingdom's clandestine organization, the Special Operations Executive (SOE), into continuing to infiltrate agents, weapons, and supplies...
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Operation Cheese was an intelligence operation carried out by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) in Norway during World War II. Key persons...
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Peter Churchill (category British Special Operations Executive personnel)
– 1972) was a British Special Operations Executive (SOE) officer in France during the Second World War. His wartime operations, which resulted in his...
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Yolande Beekman (category Special Operations Executive personnel killed in World War II)
who served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) and the Special Operations Executive. She was a member of SOE's Musician circuit in occupied France...
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List of SOE agents (category Special Operations Executive personnel)
Baissac - Special Operations Executive (SOE) Agents in France". nigelperrin.com. Retrieved 30 March 2016. "HS9 - Special Operations Executive (SOE) Personnel...
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Eliane Plewman (category French Special Operations Executive personnel)
December 1917 – 13 September 1944) was a British agent of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and a member of the French Resistance working as a courier...
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on the operation by SHAEF in London 1 June 1944. Over the next two days they spent time at the headquarters of the Special Operations Executive which had...
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MI6 (redirect from MI6 Operations)
organisation in the UK and come to be the foundation of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the Second World War. In 1924, MI6 intervened in...
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captivity, travelling via Spain to Britain, where he joined the Special Operations Executive (SOE). Captain Hayes, unable to reach the MTB, had started swimming...
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Indian Ocean. Once the British discovered this, the Special Operations Executive launched Operation Creek, using a group of part-time soldiers called the...
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