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SOE in the Low Countries (Paperback)
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SOE's Belgian and Dutch operations in the Second World War have
always been considered highly controversial because of the
notorious Englandspiel ('the English game') run by the Germans,
which effectively took control of the entire resistance
organisation in Holland. Skilfully manipulated by Colonel Hermann
Giskes, the occupying force arrested dozens of Dutch agents and
operated their wireless sets with sufficient finesse to persuade
SOE's headquarters in London that their networks were operating
without interference. In reality, each consignment of agents and
equipment fell directly into the hands of the Nazis. Was there a
traitor in London? Was it incompetence in the field or hopelessly
inadequate security procedures? The Belgian experience, equally
complicated, was for a time almost as disastrous as the Dutch.
Opinions have differed, but here the official records are opened
for independent scrutiny by an acknowledged specialist in SOE's
operations. The story that emerges is a harrowing catalogue of
Whitehall jealousies and infighting, blunders and ineptitude,
combined with breathtaking bravery on the part of the agents who
were captured.
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