Unearthing Churchill's secret army : the official list of soe casualties and their stories / Martin Mace and John Grehan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mace, Martin, author.

Grehan, John, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain.

World War, 1939-1945.

Special forces (Military science)--Great Britain.

Special forces (Military science).

Great Britain. Special Operations Executive.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (660 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Special Operations Executive was one of the most secretive organizations of the Second World War, its activities cloaked in mystery and intrigue. The fate, therefore, of many of its agents was not revealed to the general public other than the bare details carved with pride upon the headstones and memorials of those courageous individuals.Then in 2003, the first batch of SOE personal files was released by the National Archive. Over the course of the following years more and more files were made available. Now, at last, it is possible to tell the stories of all those agents that died in acti

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""List of the Casualties Commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission as Serving with SOE""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction: Death be Proud""; ""Chapter 1: So Secret a Service""; ""Chapter 2: Carve their Names with Pride""; ""Chapter 3: The Missing Men""; ""Chapter 4: Known Unto Man""; ""Chapter 5: Not Forgotten � A list of agents died on active service who are not recorded as SOE casualties in the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission""; ""Source Information""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781783376643

1783376643

OCLC:

854974853