Brighton's secret agents : the Brighton & Hove contribution to Britain's WW2 Special Operations Executive (SOE) /
Winstion Churchill authorized the creation of a new wartime secret service, the Special Operations Executive (SOE) with the order "And now set Europe ablaze." Paul McCue tells a main story of four Brighton and Hove-born agents honored with blue plaques. He details the organisation's c...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Uniform,
[2016]
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| Summary: | Winstion Churchill authorized the creation of a new wartime secret service, the Special Operations Executive (SOE) with the order "And now set Europe ablaze." Paul McCue tells a main story of four Brighton and Hove-born agents honored with blue plaques. He details the organisation's creation and post-war demise, its training methods and the missions of the four chief subjects. He also covers three other agents, a special duties RAF pilot and the inspiration for 'Q', the inspired boffin of the James Bond films, all of whom had links to the city. |
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| Physical Description: | 167 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781910500750 1910500755 |