Created by Winston Churchill to sabotage and subvert the enemy in WWII, the Special Operations Executive (SOE) was an innovative and at times infamous group, a band fanatically devoted to the Allied cause and willing to do whatever it took to advance it and hamper the Axis - even operating within North America.
Created by Winston Churchill to sabotage and subvert the enemy in WWII, the Special Operations Executive (SOE) was an innovative and at times infamous group, a band fanatically devoted to the Allied cause and willing to do whatever it took to advance it and hamper the Axis - even operating within North America.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Colonel Bernd Horn is a retired Canadian Regular Force infantry officer and military educator. Dr. Horn has authored, co-authored, or edited more than forty books, including No Easy Task: Fighting in Afghanistan and No Lack of Courage: Operation Medusa, Afghanistan. He lives in Kingston, Ontario.
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Foreword Introduction 1 With Backs to the Wall: Taking Back the Initiative 2 "Setting Europe Ablaze": The Creation of the SOE 3 A Man Called Intrepid: The Beginning of the Canadian Connection 4 Out of Europe: BSC and SOE Operations in the Americas 5 Killing Two Birds with One Stone: The Creation of Camp X 6 Shrouded in Secrecy: Training and the Introduction of Hydra at Camp X 7 Down to Business: Operations in Europe 8 "The Simplest Things in War ...": Clausewitzian Frictions 9 Turning Theory to Reality: Canadians on SOE Operations 10 Reckoning: The Value of the SOE in the Second World War 11 Settling Accounts: The SOE at War's End Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Notes Index About the Author
Foreword Introduction 1 With Backs to the Wall: Taking Back the Initiative 2 "Setting Europe Ablaze": The Creation of the SOE 3 A Man Called Intrepid: The Beginning of the Canadian Connection 4 Out of Europe: BSC and SOE Operations in the Americas 5 Killing Two Birds with One Stone: The Creation of Camp X 6 Shrouded in Secrecy: Training and the Introduction of Hydra at Camp X 7 Down to Business: Operations in Europe 8 "The Simplest Things in War ...": Clausewitzian Frictions 9 Turning Theory to Reality: Canadians on SOE Operations 10 Reckoning: The Value of the SOE in the Second World War 11 Settling Accounts: The SOE at War's End Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Notes Index About the Author
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