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At the end of World War II, the Cabinet Office commissioned an eminent academic, Professor William Mackenzie, to undertake a comprehensive secret history of Special Operations Executive. Given access to both personnel and the surviving wartime files, Mackenzie's report was a reference document to be used by intelligence agencies in a future conflict, its audience the very elite of Whitehall insiders. Now, for the first time, this highly classified account has been made available. Never before have SOE's operations across the world been described in such detail and with total authority. Mackenzie's document explores numerous controversies and reveals dozens of previously undisclosed episodes from Britain's secret war against the Axis. Who were the agents parachuted in Germany What became of schemes designed to protect Gibraltar from a Spanish invasion Why did so many circuits suffer enemy penetration When did SOE decide to collaborate with the NKVD and infiltrate Soviet spies into Eastern Europe These and other wartime mysteries are packed into one of the most controversial documents of our time.Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle, Brown Book Group
ISBN-139781903608111
eBay Product ID (ePID)88515251
Product Key Features
Number of Pages848 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameThe Secret History of S.O.E.: Special Operations Executive 1940-1945
Publication Year2002
SubjectGovernment, History
TypeTextbook
AuthorWilliam Mackenzie
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height234 mm
Item Weight1075 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorWilliam Mackenzie