SOE & The Resistance describes the extraordinary contribution to the allied war effort made by the Special Operations Executive from its formation in 1940 to the end of the war. Within a broadly chronological framework the book illustrates how resistance was stimulated among the subjugated populations of Europe & the Far East leading to the sabotage of industry & communications critical to the Axis cause. Ranging from France through Scandinavia the Low Countries North Africa the Balkans & the Far East the story unfolds through the lives of the heroic men & women who served with the SOE in enemy-held territory as recorded in their obituaries in The Times.