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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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from SO1, which had been until then the propaganda arm of the Special Operations Executive. The organisation was governed by a committee initially comprising...
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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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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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Marjorie Stewart (actress) (category Special Operations Executive personnel)
1912 – 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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Special Operations (Serbian: Јединица за специјалне операције, romanized: Jedinica za specijalne operacije; abbr. ЈСО or JSO) or Special Operations Unit...
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flats and in World War II was one of the locations used by the Special Operations Executive. The street runs from York Street in the north to Dorset Street...
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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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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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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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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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"Special military operation" (also "special operation", and abbreviated as "SMO" or "SVO", or Russian: спецопера́ция, romanized: spetsoperatsiya, Ukrainian:...
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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 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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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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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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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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