Bang-Bang Boys, Jedburghs, and the House of Horrors: A History of OSS Training and Operations in World War II, Paperback - John W. Chambers II

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Between 1940 and 1945, Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE) carried out sabotage and organised resistance across occupied Europe. Over 5 ye...

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