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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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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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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Phyllis Latour (category British Special Operations Executive personnel)
South African-born agent of the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) organisation in France during World War II. The purpose...
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Operation Foxley was a code name of the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) plan to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944. At the height of World War...
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Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) United States Naval Special Warfare Command (NSWC) United States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)...
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Office of Strategic Services (redirect from Special Operations (OSS))
(MI6) and Special Operations Executive (SOE). Donovan envisioned a single agency responsible for foreign intelligence and special operations involving...
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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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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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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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"Special military operation" (also "special operation", and abbreviated as "SMO" or "SVO" for специальная военная операция) is an official term used by...
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Operation Periwig was a secret service operation planned and carried out by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) from November 1944 onwards during...
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Sonya Butt (category British Special Operations Executive personnel)
d'Artois, code named Blanche, was an agent of the clandestine Special Operations Executive during the Second World War. SOE agents allied themselves with...
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64 Baker Street (category Special Operations Executive)
central London. It was the address of the headquarters of the Special Operations Executive. The building was completed in the first half of the 20th century...
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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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Yvonne Baseden (category French Special Operations Executive personnel)
known as Yvonne Burney, was one of approximately forty female Special Operations Executive (SOE) agents who served in France. The objective of SOE was to...
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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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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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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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Delta Force (redirect from 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment - Delta)
the Army Special Operations Command's 75th Ranger Regiment and U.S. Army Special Forces, though selection is open to other special operations and conventional...
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List of military special forces units Special Operations Executive (SOE) United Kingdom Special Forces Selection "SAS and other special forces to be expanded...
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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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Operation Noah's Ark was a World War II plan instigated by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) to harass German troops as they withdrew from...
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Chanson d'automne (category Operation Overlord)
World War II lines from the poem were used to send messages from Special Operations Executive (SOE) to the French Resistance about the timing of the forthcoming...
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Violette Szabo (category Special Operations Executive personnel killed in World War II)
Bushell; 26 June 1921 – c. 5 February 1945) was a British-French Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent during the Second World War and a posthumous recipient...
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Madeleine Damerment (category Special Operations Executive personnel killed in World War II)
1944) was a French agent of the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) organization during World War II. The purpose of SOE was...
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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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Colin Gubbins (category British Special Operations Executive personnel)
(2 July 1896 – 11 February 1976) was the prime mover of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in the Second World War. Gubbins was also responsible for...
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