Sabotage and subversion : the SOE and OSS at war

Author/Creator:

Dear, Ian, author

Publication/Creation:

Stroud, [England] : The History Press, 2010

Format:

Book

Edition:

1st ed.

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Full Title:

Sabotage and subversion : the SOE and OSS at war / Ian Dear

Series Titles:

Classic Histories Series

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

World War, 1939-1945--Secret service

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. OSS and SOE - What Were They? -- 2. Recruiting and Training for Sabotage and Subversion -- 3. Equipping the Saboteurs -- 4. The 'Harling' Mission and the Destruction of the Gorgopotamos Bridge -- 5. Maid Honor Force -- 6. The Swedish Connection -- 7. Black Radio -- 8. Special Operations Australia and the Singapore Strike -- 9. Detachment 101: Behind Japanese Lines -- 10. SOE and the Atomic Bomb -- 11. Abduction, Forgery, Pornography and Other Black Subversive Operations -- 12. SOE's F Section -- 13. Walter Fletcher's Activities in Rubber Smuggling and Black Market Currency -- 14. OSS Operational Groups -- 15. The Jedburgh Teams in France -- 16. Guerrilla Warfare and the Characters of 'Character' -- Appendix: Summary of OG Operations in Greece, April-November 1944 -- Notes on Sources -- Picture Section.

Summary:

During the Second World War daring and highly unusual missions were mounted by the Special Operations Executive (SOE) - formed on Churchill's orders 'to set Europe ablaze' - and its American counterpart, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). In sixteen separate chapters the author describes how the fearless individuals in these clandestine organisations were recruited, trained and armed, and examines some of their guerrilla operations in Europe, Africa and the Far East, such as the raid on Fernando Po, the destruction of the Gorgopotamos Bridge in Greece and the strike against Japanese shipping in Singapore harbour. Also covered are the means SOE and OSS used to subvert the enemy, by employing black propaganda, forgery, pornography and black market currency manipulation. It may well read like fiction but the stories are fact, and shows to what lengths the Allies were prepared to go to crush the Axis powers.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (219 pages)

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Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937183444502486

OCLC Number:

968727414