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  • Memories of an S.O.E. Historian

    by M. R. D. Foot ...
    The historian of the British World War II intelligence organization chronicles his life and service career in this memoir.Michael (M.R.D.) Foot enjoys the rare distinction of being the only person referred to by his real name in a John Le Carré novel. A highly significant tribute to the man entrusted with writing the official record of the Special Operations Executive. He authored first (1966) the ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • S.O.E.

    An outline history of the special operations executive 1940 - 46

    by M R D Foot ...
    SOE, the Special Operations Executive, was a small, tough British secret service, a dirty tricks department, set up in July 1940. Recruited from remarkably diverse callings, the men and women who were members of this most secret agency in the Second World War lived in great and constant danger. Their job was to support and stimulate resistance behind enemy lines; their credentials fortitude, ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Six Faces of Courage

    by M. R. D. Foot ...
    An account of the World War II heroics of six Resistance agents in European countries under Nazi occupation, from a renowned SOE expert.Professor Michael Foot is indisputably the greatest authority on the activities of SOE (Special Operations Executive) in Europe during the Second World War. In Six Faces of Courage he selects six of the bravest of the brave agents and describes their backgrounds, ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Spirit of Resistance

    The Life of SOE Agent Harry Peulevé, DSO MC

    by Nigel Perrin ...
    A biography of a British World War II secret agent who escaped the Buchenwald concentration camp.One of the most determined and courageous secret agents of the Second World War, Harry Peulevé joined the BEF in 1940 before volunteering for F Section of the Special Operations Executive. On his first mission to occupied France to set up the SCIENTIST circuit, he broke his leg on landing and, after ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • MI9

    Escape and Evasion

    by MRD Foot ...
    Many of the most famous escapes in history took place during the Second World War. These daring flights from Nazi-occupied Europe would never have been possible but for the assistance of a hitherto secret British service: MI9. This small, dedicated and endlessly inventive team gave hope to the men who had fallen into enemy hands, and aid to resistance fighters in occupied territory. It sent money, ... Read more

    $5.09 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Holland at War Against Hitler

    Anglo-Dutch Relations 1940-1945

    by M. R. D. Foot ...
    First Published in 1990. The conference on Anglo-Dutch relations from 1940 to 1945, held at University College London on 3, 4 and 5 April 1989, covered a part - not the least interesting nor the simplest part - of the diplomatic and military history of the world war against Nazi Germany and imperial Japan. The historical context of Anglo-Dutch relations, close since the fall of the Roman Empire, ... Read more

    $116.79 CAD

  • SOE in France

    An Account of the Work of the British Special Operations Executive in France 1940-1944

    by M.R.D. Foot ...
    Series series Government Official History Series
    SOE in France was first published in 1966, followed by a second impression with amendments in 1968. Since these editions were published, other material on SOE has become available. It was, therefore, agreed in 2000 that Professor Foot should produce a revised version. In so doing, in addition to the material in the first edition, the author has had ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • No Cloak, No Dagger

    Allied Spycraft in Occupied France

    by Benjamin Cowburn, Sebastian Faulks ...
    This classic WWII spy memoir by an agent of the UK's Special Operations Executive offers a firsthand look at Allied espionage inside Nazi Occupied France.In this gripping memoir, SOE agent Benjamin Cowburn vividly recounts the methods of British special agents who were dropped into Vichy France during World War II with a mission of establishing secure networks with the French Resistance. His ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan

    by Shrabani Basu, M.R.D Foot ...
    On 13 September 1944, Noor Inayat Khan, the first female wireless operator to be flown into occupied France, was shot at Dachau. The descendant of Tipu Sultan, the Tiger of Mysore, Noor was born in Moscow and raised in the Sufi style of Islam. From this unlikely background, she became the only Asian secret agent in Europe in World War II, was one of three women in the SOE to be awarded the George ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Fighting Auschwitz

    The Resistance Movement in the Concentration Camp

    by Jozef Garlinski ...
    When the Germans opened Auschwitz in June 1940, it was a concentration camp for Polish political prisoners, who were told on arrival that they would live no longer than three months. Two years later, the Germans expanded Auschwitz to also become a death camp for the Jews of Europe.Underground resistance appeared at Auschwitz very quickly, spearheaded in 1940 by one of the bravest men ever to live, ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

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  • SOE: The Scientific Secrets

    by Fredric Boyce, Douglas Everett ...
    The history of Special Operations Executive (SOE) seems to spring a never-ending run of surprises, and here are some more. This book explores the mysterious world of the tools SOE used for their missions of subversion and sabotage. An often grim reality is confronted that is more akin with the world of James Bond and Q's workshop than previously believed. Written by two scientists, one of whom ... Read more

    $10.29 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Station 12

    SOE's Secret Weapons Centre

    by Des Turner ...
    The full story of Aston House in the Second World War has never been told before.Its activities were top secret and as important to the Allied war effort as those of Bletchley Park, but in a different way. Situated near Stevenage, Aston House was one of many British country houses requisitioned during the Second World War by the Special Operations Executive (SOE). Born out of Bletchley Park, where ... Read more

    $10.29 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus