The undercover campaign of the Special Operations Executive in the Balkans during World War II was of great significance to the Allies. This insider's description of the SOE's foundation and structure is coupled with an account of many of its wartime missions.

Early years; school; holidays with my aunts; holidays with my parents; Cambridge; regimental life, 1935-37; Czechoslovakia, 1938-39; summer interlude, 1939; Poland, 1939; France, 1940; auxiliary units; the special operations executive (SOE), 1940-41; Crete, 1941; Polish frustrations, Heydrich's assassination and the formation of the Jedburgh parties; the "Muddle East", 1943; a safe landing, December 1943; Tito approves; the journey North, Christmas 1943; the journey North - the third stage; a short walk in the Third Reich; the submarine fiasco; the long march south; return to base; summer 1944 - "Reculer pour mieux sauter"; Alfgar and Charles; the Drau crossing; the end of Clowder; no.6 Special Force; my marriage; the last round-up; Austria - the end of the road.

The undercover campaign of the Special Operations Executive in the Balkans during World War II was of great significance to the Allies. This insider's description of the SOE's foundation and structure is coupled with an account of many of its wartime missions.