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.

2020年5月7日 · Both these weapons were used by SOE, OSS and regular troops. They are recorded as being standard equipment for clandestine operations in Western Europe and were also used by the Allies in China and the Far East.

The official SOE catalog referred to this as a “short length, silent, murder weapon”. The sleeve gun was a variant of the better-known Welrod pistol; it was a simple suppressor tube with a single .32 ACP caliber round loaded into the breech before concealing up the user’s sleeve.

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.

Station IX (formerly known as the Inter-Services Research Bureau) was a secret British Special Operations Executive factory making special weapons and equipment during World War II. The small Welbike paratrooper's motorcycle and the Welrod …

2020年5月18日 · SOE agents were frequently captured, tortured and in many cases, executed by the Gestapo. Here, we take a closer look at the war operations of one of Britain’s most secret organisations… the Special Operations Executive.

2023年3月2日 · The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a British, World War II organisation, created by Prime Minister Winston Churchill in July 1940 after a meeting at St Ermin’s Hotel in London. Its purpose was to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in occupied Europe against the Axis powers, and to aid local resistance movements.

Lecture entitled 'Weapons and Equipment of the SOE' given as part of Special Operations Executive Conference held at Imperial War Museum, London, GB, 27/10/1998

The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British World War II organisation. It was officially formed on 22 July 1940 under Minister of Economic Warfare Hugh Dalton, from the amalgamation of three existing secret organisations.

The deadliest weapons production of all was crippled when SOE agents and the Norwegian Resistance (Milorg), sabotaged German's efforts to develop an atomic bomb. In February 1943, at the hydro-electric plant at Vemork in Telemark, Norway.