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SOE: everything you wanted to know

SOE: everything you wanted to know

Dr Kate Vigurs answers listener questions on the clandestine missions of Special Operations Executive (SOE)

Elinor Evans

Published: June 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM

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From parachuting into Nazi-occupied France to silent assassinations and exploding rats, many of the missions undertaken by the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War sound like the events of a high-octane spy thriller. Dr Kate Vigurs tells Elinor Evans more about the organisation dubbed 'Churchill's Secret Army', answering listener questions on the men and women trained to take on these dangerous, high-stakes secret operations.

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Elinor EvansHead of digital (web and video)

Elinor Evans is head of digital (web and video)

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