Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a British organisation formed in 1940 to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in German-occupied Europe and to aid local resistance movements during World War II. SOE personnel operated in all territories occupied or attacked by the Axis powers, except where demarcation lines were agreed upon ...

The following is a list of female agents who served in the field for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II. SOE's objectives were to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in occupied Europe (and later, also in occupied Southeast Asia) against the Axis powers, and to aid local resistance movements.

Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British Second World War organisation created in July 1940. Following the fall of France in June 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill tasked Hugh Dalton with forming SOE with the instruction to 'set Europe ablaze' by helping local resistance movements and conducting espionage and sabotage in ...

2020年5月18日 · In 1940, to take on the specific tasks of frustrating the enemy with acts of subversion, a new, top secret organisation called the Special Operations Executive was established under the orders of Winston Churchill.

Formed in 1940, the Special Operations Executive was an underground army that waged a secret war in enemy-occupied Europe and Asia. Its agents demonstrated incredible courage and resourcefulness in their guerrilla war. By working with resistance forces, they provided a boost to the morale of occupied societies.

2011年2月17日 · In the dark days that followed the fall of France a new volunteer fighting force was hastily improvised to wage a secret war against Hitler's armies. This force was called the Special Operations...

SOE, also known as Special Operations Executive was a secretive and courageous force that operated, during World War II in the shadows, conducting sabotage and espionage missions throughout Europe. Established by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1940, SOE was tasked with “setting Europe ablaze” by disrupting Nazi operations and ...

2011年2月17日 · Discover more about the secret SOE training schools, where carefully selected and groomed trainee saboteurs were taught to create chaos in Occupied Europe and the Far East. There was a four-stage...

The creation of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) was sanctioned by the War Cabinet on 22 July 1940 with the mission of 'co-ordinating all action by way of subversion and sabotage against the enemy overseas'.

The stories of the SOE’s “irregular” women transcend male and female: they are human stories of daring, courage, and sacrifice. Sansom, followed by Szabo and Khan posthumously, were the first women to be awarded the George Cross, Britain’s highest bravery award for civilians and equivalent to the Victoria Cross for the Armed Forces ...