Western Europe 1939-1945: Resistance & SOE

Western Europe

• Resistance: What was the role of Special Operations Executive and what kind of people worked for it?
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Documents source files

• Extract from records of SOE setting out their aims
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• Citation for Christine Granville
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• SOE Operation Gunnerside
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• SOE sleeve gun
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• SOE rat explosives
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• SOE training advice on disguise
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• Articles that can be used to conceal information
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• How to conceal an aerial
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Photographic source files

• Christine Granville, SOE Agent
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Video source files

• An SOE mission
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• Training
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• More training and lectures for work in the field
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• Getting kitted with gadgets and suicide pills
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• How to set up a resistance organisation in occupied France
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• A mission for "Felix" and the Gestapo attempt to locate "Cat" transmitting
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Worksheets

• Resistance outline (Word Document)