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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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"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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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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Graham Hayes (section Operation Postmaster)
formed around a small group of commandos under the command of the Special Operations Executive (SOE). The commandos were formed in 1940 by order of British...
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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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Marie Christine Chilver (category British Special Operations Executive personnel)
helping a British airman return to England, she worked for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) assessing and testing the security awareness of trainee...
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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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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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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 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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M. R. D. Foot (category Special Air Service officers)
historian, and former British Army intelligence officer with the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War. The son of a career soldier, Foot...
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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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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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