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The global infrastructure of the Special Operations Executive / Derwin Gregory

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  • Texte
Type de médiation
  • sans médiation
Type de support
  • Volume
Titre(s)
  • The global infrastructure of the Special Operations Executive / Derwin Gregory
Auteur(s)
Publication
  • London New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022
Description matérielle
  • 1 volume (137 pages) : cartes ; 25 cm
Collection
  • Routledge studies in Second World War history
ISBN
  • 978-1-138-74990-0
  • 1-138-74990-7
  • 978-1-03-216807-4
  • 1-03-216807-2
EAN
  • 9781138749900 broché
  • 9781138749900 rel.
Appartient à la collection
  • Routledge Studies in Second World War History (Print) 2769-0350
Classification décimale Dewey
  • 940.548 641
Note sur les bibliographies et les index
  • Bibliographie et notes bibliographiques en fin de chapitres. Index
Note de thèses et écrits académiques
  • Texte remanié de Doctoral thesis History University of East Anglia (GB) 2015 Built to Resist An Assessment of the Special Operations Executive’s Infrastructure in the United Kingdom during the Second World War, 1940-1946
Résumé ou extrait
  • "During the Second World War, the British government established the Special Operations Executive (SOE) for the purpose of coordinating 'all action, by way of subversion and sabotage, against the enemy overseas'. Although the overseas operations of this branch of the British Secret Services are relatively well known, few studies have explored the 'backroom sections' of this organisation. This book draws together the infrastructure developed to support an agent's 'journey' from recruitment to despatch to the field. At the start of the Second World War there were few existing facilities established within the UK to support clandestine operations. As the conflict progressed, in parallel to learning the operational procedures of their trade, SOE also had to rapidly expand their support infrastructure around the world. The organisation could effectively support their agents only by establishing facilities dedicated to training, research and development, supply, transportation, communication, and command and control. By predominately focusing on the organisation's 'agent facing' infrastructure, this book provides a backdrop to the brave men and women who conducted operations abroad. In addition, it gives an overview of the facilities in which SOE's backroom staff lived and worked. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of archaeology, history and war studies."
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