The Special Operations Executive initiative that recruited female civilians during the second world war went on to inspire ...

They also came in the form of briefcases. To open the case safely, the SOE agent had to make sure that the right hand lock was pressed down and held to the right. If this wasn't done, the left ...

It was a dirty but necessary kind of warfare. SOE agents could expect merciless treatment if captured and thus the psychological strain of being constantly on their guard meant only the strongest ...

They did their level best. And in 1944, as the Allied armies massed in Britain in readiness for the D-Day invasion of Europe, agents of the SOE were still working behind enemy lines alongside the ...