The Special Operations Executive developed a vast network of agents
across Occupied Europe which played a vital role in developing and
sustaining Resistance movements that persistently sought to subvert
German control of their territories. The culmination of their efforts
was seen when the Allied armies landed at Normandy in June 1944, with
the SOE and the Resistance causing widespread destruction and
disruption behind the German lines.None of this would have been
possible had it not been for the Royal Air Force. Not only the RAF
supply the SOE, and the movements it led and coordinated, with the
thousands of tons of arms and equipment needed to undertake this role,
it also delivered and retrieved agents from under the very noses of
the enemy.Compiled at the end of the war by the Air Historical Branch
of the RAF, this is an extremely detailed and comprehensive account of
the RAFs support for the SOE, and in it we learn of the enormous and
complex arrangements undertaken by the Special Duties squadrons as
well as showing how the material delivered by these aircraft was used
in the field.This account is reproduced here in its entirety, along
with a detailed appendix containing the official historical record of
Bomber Command aircrews and aircraft engaged in clandestine
operations. Taken together, this book represents the most
comprehensive account of the RAFs support for SOE ever published.
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Special Duty Operations in Europe During WW2
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781473894150
Publisert
2017
Utgiver
Independent Publishers Group (Chicago Review Press)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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