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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.

This publication reproduces the 1945 second volume of the Special Operations Executive Descriptive Catalogue of Special Devices and Supplies There's no "expert" foreword droning on for 50 pages, just a facsimile of an original document in our possession. The catalogue describes the various items of equipment available to SOE operatives during the Second World War Special Wireless Devices and Equipment, Small boats and submersible craft, Camouflage, Disguise, Concealments for secret messages, Counterfeit printed goods. and more! It's a rare glimpse into a once-Top Secret world Publications in this series include - Descriptive Catalogue of Special Devices and Supplies, 1944 - SOE Descriptive Catalogue of Special Devices and Supplies Volume II, 1945 - SOE Secret List of Agent's Equipment and Operational Stores, 1944 - SOE Illustrated List of Special Equipment Produced by CCO for Amphibious Operations, 1944 - Combined Operations Command

This publication reproduces the 1944 edition of the Special Operations Executive descriptive catalogue - List of Agent's Equipment and Operational Stores . This publication was specific to Secret Intelligence Operations in Europe. Never before published! There's no "expert" foreword droning on for 50 pages, just a direct facsimile of an original document in our possession. The list describes the various items of equipment available to SOE special intelligence operatives during the Second World War Personal Equipment and clothing, Food, Provisions, Emergency Rations, German or French Smoker's Requisites, Camp Equipment, Operational Equipment, Concealments, Medical equipment. and more! It's a rare glimpse into a once-Secret world Publications in this series include - Descriptive Catalogue of Special Devices and Supplies, 1944 - SOE Descriptive Catalogue of Special Devices and Supplies Volume II, 1945 - SOE Secret List of Agent's Equipment and Operational Stores, 1944 - SOE Illustrated List of Special Equipment Produced by CCO for Amphibious Operations, 1944 - Combined Operations Command

Under its nondescript plain cardboard covers, the WWII-era Special Operations Executive Operational Stores Handbook contained sabotage, explosives and weapons instructions as well as a vocabulary of standard SOE operational stores, complete with illustrations of the various devices and their use. The handbook was divided into seven different, colour-coded sections, each in a different language - English, French, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, and German. It is the English section and accompanying illustrations reproduced here. The instructions were simple and to the point and in SOE's style, were suited for use by untrained or barely trained guerrillas, but were also a valuable refresher for more experienced personnel. The vocabulary of stores found in the "contents" section of the handbook provided standard equipment item numbers and designations, as well as the designation of the standardised stores cell the items would be found in within the main stores containers. This information greatly simplified the process of requesting stores from London to be parachuted into occupied territory. Very hard to find, this is, as far as is known, the first time this enigmatic little handbook has been printed as a paperback since the end of the Second World War. The pamphlets in this series are: The Art of Guerilla Warfare The Partisan Leader's Handbook How to use High Explosives Special Operations Executive Operational Stores Handbook

This publication reproduces the 1944 Special Operations Executive Descriptive Catalogue of Special Devices and Supplies There's no "expert" foreword droning on for 50 pages, just a facsimile of an original document in our possession. The catalogue describes the various items of equipment, including weapons, available to SOE operatives during the Second World War Demolitions switches, Disguised charges, Silenced special weapons, Parachuting euipment, Underwater equipment, and more! It's a rare glimpse into a once-Top Secret world Publications in this series include - Descriptive Catalogue of Special Devices and Supplies, 1944 - SOE Descriptive Catalogue of Special Devices and Supplies Volume II, 1945 - SOE Secret List of Agent's Equipment and Operational Stores, 1944 - SOE Illustrated List of Special Equipment Produced by CCO for Amphibious Operations, 1944 - Combined Operations Command