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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
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
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
Into the lion's mouth Into the lion's mouth Larry Loftis A biography of Dusko Popov, who, as "an operative for the Abwehr, SD, MI5, MI6, and FBI during World War II ... seduced countless women--including agents on both sides--spoke five languages, and was … OL20035497W
Madame Fourcade's Secret War Madame Fourcade's Secret War Lynne Olson From Penguin/Random House: *The little-known true story of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, the woman who headed the largest spy network in occupied France during World War II, from the bestselling author o… OL20161094W
The spy with 29 names The spy with 29 names Jason Webster BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: HISTORICAL, POLITICAL & MILITARY. He fought on both sides in the Spanish Civil War. He was awarded the Iron Cross by Hitler and an MBE by Britain. To MI5 he was known as Ga… OL20872119W
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
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
Most secret war Most secret war Jones, R. V. Most Secret War is R V Jones's account of his part in British Scientific Intelligence between 1939 and 1945. It was his responsibility to anticipate the German applications of science to warfare, so … OL4100790W