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They Fought Alone

Set Europe ablaze. The order came from Churchill himself.

The result was the Special Operations Executive - the SOE. Established in 1941 with the aim of supplying Occupied France with a steady stram of highly trained resistance agents, this

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Set Europe ablaze. The order came from Churchill himself.

The result was the Special Operations Executive
- the SOE. Established in 1941 with the aim of supplying Occupied France with a steady stram of highly trained resistance agents, this clandestine Second World War network grew to become a cricual part of the Allied arsenal.

Ingeniously engineering acts of sabotage, resistance & terror in the face of the occupying Nazis, the SOE dealt devastating & fatal blows to the German war effort
- & directly contributed to the rapid & successful advance of Allied forces across France in the days & months after D-Day.

At the head of the French operations stood Colonel Maurice James Buckmaster, the leader of the SOEs French Section. These are his extraordinary memoirs.

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• ISBN: 9781849546928
• Author: Maurice Buckmaster
• Publisher: Biteback Publishing
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 304
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2.5cm

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With over 300 UK stores and more than 40000 different products in store each year, The Works is Britain's top discount book store. A well known presence on the high street, The Works was founded in 1981 to bring affordable books to the public. It now offers a large range of exciting products, including arts and crafts products, toys, gifts and seasonal products, all at discounted prices, making it a superb place to find items for hobbies and gifts for all ages. The book selection includes children's books, fiction and non-fiction books on a wide range of subjects from food and drink and craft and DIY to entertainment, autobiographies and history. Art and crafts products range from children's craft sets to sewing materials and professional artists' brushes. As well as big brands, The Works also sells their own high quality branded products.
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