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Operation Jedburgh

People and Events That Shaped D-Day: The Special Operations Executive (SOE)

By SOFREP | August 30, 2021 Military History, Special Operations

In a war of secrecy, spies, and destruction, Britain’s Special Operations Executive (SOE) was on the leading edge. Formed in July of 1940, under Minister of Economic Warfare, Hugh Dalton, the SOE’s mission was to conduct espionage, sabotage, intelligence gathering, and support resistance organizations in an effort to defeat the Axis powers. The SOE operated More »