SOE MANUAL EB
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SOE MANUAL EB

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SOE MANUAL EB

About this book

The actual course given to all secret agents in SOE before working behind enemy lines. It includes everything you needed to know to go undercover – from documents, cover stories and how to live off the land to how to get through an interrogation.

The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British World War II organisation formed in 1940 to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in occupied Europe against the Axis powers, and to aid local resistance movements.

In late 1942, SOE was asked to increase the number of agents to aid the invasion of mainland Europe. Part of agent training was 'tradecraft' – the practical details on how to be a clandestine agent behind enemy lines – which every agent had to attend at various bases centred around Beaulie in Hampshire.

The course was a set of lectures and this book contains the actual text of those lectures which were discovered in the National Archives this year. It is not only a fascinating insight into the workings of one of the Second World Wars most famous and secretive organisations, but is also a reminder of the huge danger anyone being dropped behind enemy lines had to face.

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Information

Publisher
William Collins
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9780008103613
eBook ISBN
9780008103620
Topic
History
Subtopic
20th Century History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Security Talk
  5. Opening Address
  6. Individual Security
  7. Cover (A. 4/5)
  8. Interrogations (A. 6)
  9. Know Your Enemy (A. 8, 9 & 10)
  10. Surveillance (A. 11)
  11. Use of Premises (A. 15)
  12. External Communications (A. 17)
  13. The Cell System (A. 19)
  14. Security of Organisation (A. 20)
  15. Selection of Dropping Points and Arrangements for the Reception of Agents and Stores by Air (B. 3)
  16. Enemy Forces
  17. German Counter-Espionage (C. 1 & 2)
  18. Intelligence Reports (C. 9(A))
  19. Sabotage of Enemy Road Signs (C. 9(B))
  20. Recognition of Enemy Forces’ Uniforms (C. 12)
  21. Morale Warfare (D. 1)
  22. Methods of Morale Warfare (D. 2/3)
  23. Passive Resistance in Occupied Countries (D. 7)
  24. Codes and Ciphers
  25. Letter-Opening
  26. Disposal of Parachute
  27. Subversive Organisation Exercise (X. 4)
  28. Treasure Hunt (X. 7)
  29. Reconnaissance and Selection of Dropping Points for Parachute Operations (X. 8)
  30. Fieldcraft (X. 9)
  31. About the Publisher