'My grandad helped rescue downed WW2 RAF crew'

"Wing Cdr Surplice was station commander when 295 and 570 squadrons moved there and helped settle them in after they'd spent an horrific 10 days during Operation Market Garden (September 1944), so he ...
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Operation Postmaster: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

Discover the true story behind "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare," based on the SOE’s daring WWII missions. From Operation Postmaster to Churchill’s vision of unconventional warfare, this is the ...
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Shadow warriors of World War II : the daring women of the OSS and SOE / Gordon Thomas, Greg Lewis

World War II was the first time in history that women were trained as combatants and secret agents to be parachuted behind enemy lines. This was the war in which old gender rules changed, as ...
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Evasion & escape devices produced by MI9, MIS-X, and SOE in World War II / Phil Froom

Formation and planning -- MI9 origins and establishment -- MIS-X origins and establishment -- Escape aids: procurement and supply -- Covert delivery to the camps -- Communications and codes -- Escape ...