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==People== | ==People== | ||
| − | *[[Colin Gubbins]] | + | ===Executive Officers (CD)=== |
| + | *[[Gladwyn Jebb]] - 1941-42 | ||
| + | *Sir [[Frank Nelson]] | ||
| + | *Sir [[Charles Hambro]] | ||
| + | *[[Colin Gubbins]] | ||
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==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
*[http://www.64-baker-street.org/ 64 Baker Street] Website on 'The Women of the Special Operations Executive', accessed 30 March 2009. | *[http://www.64-baker-street.org/ 64 Baker Street] Website on 'The Women of the Special Operations Executive', accessed 30 March 2009. | ||
Revision as of 19:27, 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
Executive Officers (CD)
- Gladwyn Jebb - 1941-42
- Sir Frank Nelson
- Sir Charles Hambro
- Colin Gubbins
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
