Resistance: European Resistance to Nazism, 1940-1945

History

FOOT, M.R.D.

Military

McGraw-Hill Companies

SOE in France: an account of the work of the British Special Operations Executive in France, 1940-44

HMSO

xix 346p hardback with fresh dustjacket, clean and tight copy, name to endpaper, paper yellowing, very good

Resistance: An analysis of European resistance to Nazism 1940-1945

METHUEN

SOE in France: An Account of the Work of the British Special Operations Executive in France 1940-1944 (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 access to previously closed government records, as well as drawing upon his own invaluable wartime experiences and the recollections of those involved. SOE in France begins by explaining what SOE was, where it fitted into the Allied war machine, and how it worked in France. The narrative then recounts the adventures of its agents who worked on French soil. This intricate tale concentrates on the work of the 400 hand-picked men and women of the 'independent French' section, although it also covers SOE's five other sections that operated mainly in France. All told, the six sections despatched over 1,800 clandestine agents, who between them changed the course of the war. This updated new edition will be essential reading for scholars and for all those with an informed general interest in the activities of the SOE.

Routledge

Soe. The Special Operations Executive 1940 - 46:

SOE The Special Operations Executive 1940-46

Europe

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, courage, immense patience and a devotion to freedom. The activity of the S. O. E. was world-wide. Abyssinian tribesmen, French farmers, exiled Russian grandees, coolies, smugglers, printers, policeman, telephonists, tycoons, prostitutes, rubber workers, railway men, peasants from the Pyrenees to the Balkans, even the regent of Siam - all had a part to play as saboteurs, informers, partisans or secret agents. In this engrossing and illuminating study, the eminent Second World War historian, M. R. D. Foot, sheds fresh light on the heroism of individual S. O. E. agents across the world and provides us with the definitive account of the Executive's crucial wartime work.

S.O.E., 1940-46

Pimlico

Holland at War Against Hitler: Anglo-Dutch Relations 1940-1945

First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Holland at War Against Hitler

Reference

Art and War: 20th Century Warfare As Depicted by War Artists

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Headline Books

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 war effort as 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). Known as Station 12, its task was to design and supply special weapons and explosive devices for sabotage operations against the enemy. The scientific and military personnel at Station 12 invented, made and supplied 'toys' such as plastic explosives, limpet mines, pressure switches, tree spigots, incendiary bombs, incendiary liquids and arrows, and a variety of time fuses for the Resistance, Commandos, Special Boat Service and SAS. In the grounds of Aston House were magazines for the explosives and sheds in which to handle them, large storehouses for incendiaries and all the rest of the 'toys', and workshops for experimentation and manufacture. Station 12 designed and made up special explosive charges tailored for specific tasks or operations, including such famous special operations as the Bruneval and St-Nazaire raids, the assassination of SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Reinhard Heydrich, and the attack on the Telemark heavy water plant in Norway.

Aston Station 12: Soe's Secret Centre

Turner, Des

Sutton Pub Ltd

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