The women spies who fooled the Nazis with simple tricks
The Special Operations Executive initiative that recruited female civilians during the second world war went on to inspire ...
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The death (or murder?) of Ioannis Metaxas
Why did Churchill want to overthrow Metaxas? - The dinner with the English & the onset of the illness - Details from the days ...
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'Sniper Elite: Resistance': Take on the Nazis in occupied France
It's 1944 and World War II is raging. The Nazis are working on a secret weapon designed to turn the tide in their favour. The ...
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British Special Operations Executive (SOE): Tools and Gadgets Gallery
The idea for the 'exploding' rat - now immortalised as part of the SOE legend - was developed in 1941. The aim was to blow up the enemy's boilers by lying the rat on the coal beside the boiler ...
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The WW2 spy and the little leaf that saved her
The SOE, formed under the direct orders of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, aimed to create a top-secret underground army to help local resistance movements and conduct espionage and ...
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The secret WWII mission that had US bombers flying at treetop height deep inside Nazi-occupied Europe
The Carpetbaggers carried agents of the OSS and the British Special Operations Executive, or SOE, who were known to the airmen only as "Joes" and "Josephines." The agents parachuted into enemy ...
Liam Harrison: The British kickboxing legend will return to ONE Championship to fight again on August 2
Liam Harrison will return to ONE Championship action when he fights Man of Steel, Lethwei icon, Soe Lin Oo in a bantamweight ...
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British Special Operations Executive (SOE): Tools and Gadgets Gallery
They also came in the form of briefcases. To open the case safely, the SOE agent had to make sure that the right hand lock was pressed down and held to the right. If this wasn't done, the left ...