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Forgotten Voices of the Secret War Forgotten Voices of the Secret War Roderick Bailey The definitive oral history of a unique and extraordinary organisation tasked to 'set Europe ablaze' in the Second World War.The Gestapo kept me three days in this interrogation house. They especiall… OL14973505W
Mission accomplished Mission accomplished David Stafford In May 1945 Italy was liberated from Nazism and Fascism by the British Eighth and American Fifth Armies. By that time the Italian resistance movement had emerged as one of the strongest in Europe - c… OL16020977W
A cool and lonely courage A cool and lonely courage Susan Ottaway When elderly recluse Eileen Nearne died, few suspected that the quiet little old lady was a decorated WWII war hero. Volunteering to serve for British intelligence at age 21, Eileen was posted to Naz… OL17076596W
Forgotten Voices of the Secret War Forgotten Voices of the Secret War Roderick Bailey The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British organization created early in the Second World War to encourage resistance and carry out sabotage behind enemy lines: in Winston Churchill'… OL18821772W
SOE syllabus SOE syllabus Denis Rigden Secret Files. OL19379881W
Secret agent's handbook Secret agent's handbook Roderick Bailey Facsimile reprint of pages from two volumes of a catalogue compiled for the Special Operations Executive (SOE), issued in 1944 and 1945. OL19702810W
The ministry of ungentlemanly warfare The ministry of ungentlemanly warfare Damien Lewis "When France fell to the Nazis in 1939, Churchill declared that Britain would resist the advance of the German army-alone if necessary. Churchill commanded the Special Operations Executive to secretl… OL20009078W
Hunting Hitler's Nukes Hunting Hitler's Nukes Damien Lewis xxii, 425 pages : 20 cm OL21595825W
British clandestine activities in Romania during the Second World War British clandestine activities in Romania during the Second World War Dennis Deletant "British Clandestine Activities in Romania during the Second World War is the first monograph to examine the activity throughout the entire war of SOE and MI6. It was generally believed in Britain's … OL22318917W
The women who lived for danger The women who lived for danger Marcus Binney In World War II, 37 women were dropped in occupied France to work as Special Operations Executive agents. This is the story of eight of these female agents, all from civilian life, who volunteered fo… OL24308876W
Mission accomplished Mission accomplished David Stafford 'Mission Accomplished' provides a complete and authoritative account of Britain's secret war in Italy - the heroic exploits, the larger than life participants and the extraordinary, against-the-odds … OL27704549W
Blown Blown Jamie Reid BIOGRAPHY: HISTORICAL, POLITICAL & MILITARY. The thrilling true story of John Goldsmith, one of the great unsung heroes of World War Two. An English racehorse trainer and horse dealer's son, he was b… OL27972575W
Secret War Heroes Secret War Heroes Marcus Binney 350 p. : 20 cm OL735780W
Behind the Lines Behind the Lines Russell Miller Armed with little more than cyanide pills, countless men and women parachuted behind enemy-held lines during WWII despite forebodings of the worst imaginable fate should they be captured. Miller tell… OL805048W