SOE in 100 Objects
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7509-9796-6 (ISBN)
By the summer of 1940, as France fell and war raged across Europe, the invasion of Britain – once unthinkable – seemed all but inevitable. It would take fresh thinking and bold moves to turn the tide of the war: a challenge that Churchill and his Cabinet would be set to conquer in no small part due to their formation of a ‘fifth column’. The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was soon born, its purpose to hamstring the enemy from the shadows. Agents drawn from diverse professions and countries were trained in subversion and espionage before being dropped behind enemy lines to mobilise resistance and disrupt the occupying forces. From local operations in France and wider Europe, SOE’s missions would spread worldwide to pave the way for D-Day and help halt the Axis war machine in its tracks.
SOE in 100 Objects picks up the clues they left behind – a button compass in Greece, a silk map in Burma – and follows their trail across land and sea, from moonlight flights to high-risk missions and, ultimately, hard-won liberation.
BELINDA CURWEN is an editor, writer and historian, with a BA in the history of art and architecture and an MA in classical culture and philosophy. As an editor, she has specialised in design-led illustrated publishing, both mainstream and heritage, especially object-led cultural histories, such as those of the British Museum, British Library, National Portrait Gallery, BBC and DK. Her interest in SOE stems from the timeless fight for freedom at the heart of the SOE story, alongside the pioneering ingenuity of SOE’s ‘Q’ creatives and the inspiring courage of its undercover operatives. She was also intrigued by some clues left behind by two family relations: her father who served as an SOE agent in Greece and his cousin who was a military historian.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 05.07.2025 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 159 Illustrations, color |
| Verlagsort | Stroud |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7509-9796-6 / 0750997966 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7509-9796-6 / 9780750997966 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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