The Special Operations Executive was formed from several pre-existing organisations to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in occupied Europe against the Axis powers, and to aid local resistance movements.
‘Nymphomanic’ spy Stella Lonsdale vindicated at last
The Times 07/06/21
‘Nymphomanic’ spy Stella Lonsdale vindicated at last
The Times 07/06/21
[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars Books such as this which focus on people of extraordinary courage are fascinating to read. I have read many, MANY WWII era books recently and the more I learn, the more I thirst to discover. British Madge Addy was a remarkable woman, fearless in ways, very enterprising and smart. She worked in the Spanish Civil War as well as WWII. She was a chiropodist in Manchester, a nurse in Spain and a secret agent where she also acted as a courier to deliver messages in the lining of her coat to Portugal, all amazing considering the time and the fact women rarely traveled. She helped organize the Garrow escape line which enabled Allied soldiers to escape. She became an integral link to huge chains. Though Made did not journal she wrote copious letters describing conditions when pleading for aid. The author describes Madge's background and history as well as meticulously-researched details on both wars. This book is a wide look into a completely different world than.. Read more
NetGalley, Brenda Carleton
[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars Books such as this which focus on people of extraordinary courage are fascinating to read. I have read many, MANY WWII era books recently and the more I learn, the more I thirst to discover. British Madge Addy was a remarkable woman, fearless in ways, very enterprising and smart. She worked in the Spanish Civil War as well as WWII. She was a chiropodist in Manchester, a nurse in Spain and a secret agent where she also acted as a courier to deliver messages in the lining of her coat to Portugal, all amazing considering the time and the fact women rarely traveled. She helped organize the Garrow escape line which enabled Allied soldiers to escape. She became an integral link to huge chains. Though Made did not journal she wrote copious letters describing conditions when pleading for aid. The author describes Madge's background and history as well as meticulously-researched details on both wars. This book is a wide look into a completely different world than.. Read more
NetGalley, Brenda Carleton
There is so much we still don't know about the amazing exploits of the offiers of the S.O.E. during WWII - this account of the life and career of Major E C R Barker is one story, and is a stark reminder of the dangers they faced and the intense secrecy of their missions and undertakings.
Books Monthly
There is so much we still don't know about the amazing exploits of the offiers of the S.O.E. during WWII - this account of the life and career of Major E C R Barker is one story, and is a stark reminder of the dangers they faced and the intense secrecy of their missions and undertakings.
Books Monthly
[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars
A fantastic read. I was interested from the first page all the way to the last. I wasn't bored and felt like I had a bunch of facts just thrown at me. Never random, I enjoyed reading this book.
NetGalley, Norma Carroll
[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars
A fantastic read. I was interested from the first page all the way to the last. I wasn't bored and felt like I had a bunch of facts just thrown at me. Never random, I enjoyed reading this book.
NetGalley, Norma Carroll
[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars
An absorbing book with regards to covert operations of the intelligence services throughout the world.
Very well researched, covering right up to date events and written in a very easy style.
I enjoyed reading the book and anyone with an interest in the intelligence services will thoroughly enjoy the book too. Recommended, buy one for your bookshelf now!
NetGalley, Kevin Stabler
[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars
An absorbing book with regards to covert operations of the intelligence services throughout the world.
Very well researched, covering right up to date events and written in a very easy style.
I enjoyed reading the book and anyone with an interest in the intelligence services will thoroughly enjoy the book too. Recommended, buy one for your bookshelf now!
NetGalley, Kevin Stabler
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Carve Her Name With Pride
Carve Her Name With Pride is the inspiring story of the half-French Violette Szabo who was born in Paris Iin 1921 to an English motor-car dealer, and a French Mother. She met and married Etienne Szabo, a Captain in the French Foreign Legion in 1940. Shortly after the birth of her daughter, Tania, her husband died at El Alamein. She became a FANY (First… Read more...
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Cracking the Luftwaffe Codes
'An intriguing page-turning and personal account of that most secretive of wartime institutions, Bletchley Park, and of the often eccentric people who helped to win the war' – Beryl Bainbridge Bletchley Park, or 'Station X', was home to the most famous codebreakers of the Second World War. The 19th-century mansion was the key centre for cracking… Read more...
With Britain braced for a German invasion, MI5 recruited an ex RNAS officer, come confidence trickster, called Walter Dicketts as a double agent. Codenamed Celery, Dicketts was sent to Lisbon with the seemingly impossible mission of persuading the Germans he was a traitor and then extract crucial secrets. Once there, the Nazis spirited him off to Germany.… Read more...
How to Undertake Surveillance and Reconnaissance offers you a systemic way to learn about these fascinating subjects—what they are and what they are not. In doing so, it will teach you how to employ the unique tradecraft associated with these interesting occupation in order to help you plan and carry out your own recon missions. In a world of growing… Read more...
