Forgotten Voices of the Secret War: An Inside History of Special Operations in the Second World War - Couverture souple

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Bailey, Roderick

 
9780091918514: Forgotten Voices of the Secret War: An Inside History of Special Operations in the Second World War
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ISBN 10 : 0091918510 ISBN 13 : 9780091918514
Editeur : Ebury Press, 2009

Synopsis

'The Gestapo kept me three days in this interrogation house. They especially wanted to know what I did after my escape, and precise things on the organisation of the SOE. And just for fun I suspect, because I had really not much to tell them, they pulled one of my toenails out...' - Robert Sheppard, SOE agent

The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British organisation created early in World War 2 to encourage resistance and carry out sabotage behind enemy lines: in Winston Churchill's famous phrase, to 'set Europe ablaze'.

Drawing on the vast resources of the Imperial War Museum Sound Archive and featuring a mass of previously unpublished personal testimonies, Forgotten Voices of the Secret War tells the stories of SOE agents, HQ staff, diplomats, aircrew and naval personnel in their own words. As the war unfolds, we learn of parachute drops into enemy territory, torture by the Gestapo and nerve-wracking sabotage missions in far-flung climes.

Forgotten Voices of the Secret War is both an incredible account of espionage during World War 2 and a fitting testament to the efforts and sacrifices of a dedicated group of courageous men and women.

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À propos de l'auteur

Roderick Bailey is a military historian attached to the Imperial War Museum and the author of the Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller, Forgotten Voices of the Secret War, and the critically acclaimed The Wildest Province: SOE in the Land of the Eagle. He is a graduate of Cambridge and Edinburgh Universities and a former Alistair Horne Fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford.

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Éditeur
Ebury Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0091918510
ISBN 13 
9780091918514
Reliure
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Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
400
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9780091918507: Forgotten Voices of the Secret War: An Inside History of Special Operations in the Second World War

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ISBN 10 :  0091918502 ISBN 13 :  9780091918507
Editeur : Ebury Press, 2008
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