OSS/London: Special Operations Branch and Secret Intelligence Branch war diaries, 1944, [microfilm].

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OSS/London: Special Operations Branch and Secret Intelligence Branch war diaries, 1944, [microfilm].

The fifteen volumes record the work of the Special Operations Branch, OSS, London, prior to its integration with the British Special Operations Executive. The diaries also give an account of the Special Operations Branch's participation in the work of Special Force Headquarters.

8 reels.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6800795

Yale University Library

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Great Britain. Special Operations Executive

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The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British World War II organisation. It was officially formed on 22 July 1940 under Minister of Economic Warfare, Hugh Dalton, by the amalgamation of three existing secret organisations. Its purpose was to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in occupied Europe (and later, also in occupied Southeast Asia) against the Axis powers, and to aid local resistance movements. After the war, the organisation was dissolved on 15 January 1946. ...

United States. Office of Strategic Services

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The special operations Branch, Office of Strategic Services, London was charged with conducting in enemy or enemy-occupied territories of the European Theater, sabotage operations, the support and supply of resistance groups, and guerrilla warfare. From the description of OSS/London: Special Operations Branch and Secret Intelligence Branch war diaries, 1944, [microfilm]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122640182 ...