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 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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Marjorie Stewart (actor) (category Special Operations Executive personnel)
- 9 November 1988) was a British actress and a member of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II. She was born on 18 May 1912 in Kensington...
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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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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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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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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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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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"Special military operation" (also "special operation", and abbreviated as "SMO" or "SVO", or Russian: спецопера́ция, romanized: spetsoperatsiya, Ukrainian:...
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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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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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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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Virginia Hall (category Special Operations Executive personnel)
an American who worked with the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) and the American Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in...
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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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Vera Atkins (category British Special Operations Executive personnel)
intelligence officer who worked in the France Section of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) from 1941 to 1945 during the Second World War. Atkins was...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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