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Great Britain. Special Operations Executive

LC control no.n 79091133
Descriptive conventionsrda
Corporate name headingGreat Britain. Special Operations Executive
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Variant(s)British Special Operations Executive
Great Britain. Army. Special Operations Executive
Great Britain. Ministry of Economic Warfare. Special Operations Executive
S.O.E. (Special Operations Executive)
SOE (Special Operations Executive)
See alsoHierarchical superior: Great Britain. Army
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Hierarchical superior: Great Britain. Ministry of Economic Warfare
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Beginning date1940-07-16
Ending date1946
Associated countryGreat Britain
Field of activitySpecial operations (Military science)
Found inHowarth, P. Special operations, 1955
Cruickshank, C.G. SOE in Scandinavia, 1986: CIP pref. (British Special Operations Executive)
SOE operations in Africa and the Middle East, c1994: cover (S.O.E.) p. 5 (created July 16, 1940, from three separate organizations: MI R of the War Office, Section D of the SIS, and EH of the Foreign Office)
LC in RLIN, 4/11/96 (hdg.: Great Britain. Special Operations Executive; Great Britain. Army. Special Operations Executive; usage: SOE)
LAC internal file, September 9, 2019 (heading: Great Britain. Special Operations Executive; variants: Great Britain. Ministry of Economic Warfare. Special Operations Executive; British Special Operations Executive; SOE; Grande-Bretagne. Special Operations Executive)
A most ungentlemanly way of war, 2016: page 4 of cover (Special Operations Executive (SOE))
The global infrastructure of the Special Operations Executive, 2022: CIP galley (SOE was disbanded in 1946; the new executive was organised into three branches: SO1, responsible for propaganda, SO2, for active operations, and SO3, for planning and administration; Section X, the German Country Section)
Equivalent(s)Grande-Bretagne. Special Operations Executive
National bib agency no.0053A3962E
Associated languageeng
Quality codenlc