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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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"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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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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Valençay SOE Memorial (category Special Operations Executive)
Valençay SOE Memorial is a monument in France to the members of the Special Operations Executive F Section who lost their lives working to liberate the country...
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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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Operation Vegetarian was an unused British biowarfare military operation plan developed from 1942 to 1944 during World War II. The plan consisted of disseminating...
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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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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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List of SOE agents (category Special Operations Executive personnel)
- Special Operations Executive (SOE) Agents in France". nigelperrin.com. Retrieved 30 March 2016. "Yolande Beekman - Special Operations Executive (SOE)...
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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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Operation Creek, also known as Operation Longshanks, was a covert military operation undertaken by Britain's Special Operations Executive in World War...
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Isidore Newman (category British Special Operations Executive personnel)
1944) was a British secret agent in the French section of the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War. He was born in Leeds on 26 January...
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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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