• 1984
SOE

Summary A documentary series detailing the exploits of the British Special Operations Executive, the legendary espionage and sabotage agency that operated during World War II. View more details

  • 1984

SOE

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Leo Marks Michael Bryant Huub Lauwers Bill Hudson

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jan 8, 1984

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Summary A documentary series detailing the exploits of the British Special Operations Executive, the legendary espionage and sabotage agency that operated during World War II. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jan 8, 1984

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

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SOE (1984)

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Sep 03, 1984
Setting Europe Ablaze
1940. With WWII in full swing, and the Nazis in control of Europe, Prime Minister Churchill orders his Economic Warfare Minister Hugh Dalton to create SOE with the directive to "set Europe ablaze"
Sep 10, 1984
A Secret Army
A Secret Army looks at the early years of SOE's operations in France, where it sent scores of agents to help create and organise resistance to the Nazis, right up to the crucial role they played in D-Day.
Sep 17, 1984
Subversion
In Nazi-occupied Denmark, life goes on almost as normal, becoming known as 'The Whipped-Cream Front'. But the Germans eventually show their true colours - and Danish SOE agents strike back hard.
Sep 24, 1984
Englandspiel
In 1942 Nazi-occupied Netherlands, young Dutch SOE agent Huub Lauwers is captured by the Gestapo. It sets into motion a calamitous tragedy for both SOE and the Netherlands and one of the espionage world's worst disasters: Der Englandspiel.
Oct 01, 1984
The Sword and The Shield
SOE agent Bill Hudson is dropped into occupied Yugoslavia in 1941, only to find its people at each other's throats and the resistance dominated by powerful Nationalist and Communist factions who aim to control the country at war's end.
Oct 08, 1984
Greek Entanglement
In Greece, SOE finds itself in a similar situation as it did in Yugoslavia, working with powerful forces aiming to rule the country after the war. A dilemma.
Oct 15, 1984
Italian Victory
After mixed results in the Balkans, SOE scored success after success in Italy with their agents working in concert with local partisans, something that would prove invaluable with the Allied invasion of Italy in 1943.
Oct 22, 1984
Arms and the Dragon
The last episode of SOE looks at their performance during the Pacific War, where the lightning advance of Japan overwhelmed British colonies in the Far East, focusing on Malaya, where SOE had to work with hostile insurgents to fight Japan.
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