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| − | The [[Special Operations Executive]] was a British agency operating during the Second World War, with responsibility for 'special operations' including psychological warfare, assassinations and paramilitary activities.<ref>Stephen Dorril, MI6, Touchstone 2002, p.103.</ref> | + | The [[Special Operations Executive]] (SOE) was a British agency operating during the Second World War, with responsibility for 'special operations' including psychological warfare, assassinations and paramilitary activities.<ref>Stephen Dorril, MI6, Touchstone 2002, p.103.</ref> |
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| + | SOE was established in in July 1940 by consolidating [[Section D]] of [[MI6]] with [[MI R]], a War Office guerrilla warfare research group and a covert propaganda unit, [[Department EH]].<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.13.</ref> | ||
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| + | Initially, SOE had three sections, [[SO.1 (SOE)|SO.1]] for propaganda, [[SO.2]] for dirty tricks, and [[SO.3]] for planning. A year later SO.1 was separated to become the [[Political Warfare Executive]] under [[Rex Leeper]] and [[Robert Bruce Lockhart]].<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.13</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 19:05, 24 April 2010
The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a British agency operating during the Second World War, with responsibility for 'special operations' including psychological warfare, assassinations and paramilitary activities.[1]
SOE was established in in July 1940 by consolidating Section D of MI6 with MI R, a War Office guerrilla warfare research group and a covert propaganda unit, Department EH.[2]
Initially, SOE had three sections, SO.1 for propaganda, SO.2 for dirty tricks, and SO.3 for planning. A year later SO.1 was separated to become the Political Warfare Executive under Rex Leeper and Robert Bruce Lockhart.[3]
People
- Colin Gubbins - Executive Director
Resources
- 64 Baker Street Website on 'The Women of the Special Operations Executive', accessed 30 March 2009.
- Spartacus Educational Special Operations Executive, accessed 30 March 2009
- Obituaries, Special Operations Executive, The Times
