(03-19-2024, 06:45 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(03-18-2024, 07:45 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare by Damien Lewis.

The story of the first known secret squirrel military spec ops unit courtesy of Winston Churchill. They performed a bunch of missions during WW2. 

A movie based on their first operation comes to theaters 19 April starring Henry Cavill, Alan Rictson (Prime's Jack Reacher), Cary Elwes, Alex Pettyfer, etc., and directed by Guy Ritchie. That means it will be over the top, of course.

That sounds interesting.  I might try that one.

It's pretty interesting. Churchill knew things needed to be done that could never be "official" so the SOE, or the Special Operations Executive was formed to perform clandestine missions where, if caught, they would be disavowed. 

A fun fact is Ian Fleming, the author of all the James Bond novels was part of it all but not as an operator. I can't remember his job title just now but he worked with Brigadier Colin Gubbins whose code name was "M". Evidently much of what the SOE was about was inspiration for Fleming's books. 

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