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My SOE Libary
11 items
By
Hannah Byron
Sections
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Wonderful introduction also to the heroine of my first book in the Timeless Agents Series, Lise de Baissac
D-Day Girls: Spies Who Helped Win WWII
Great book on the unsurpassable Virginia Hall
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Spy
Best book on the coding business of secret SOE war in WW2
Between Silk and Cyanide
Great biography on the elusive Vera Atkins, The London Spymistress
A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins & WWII Agents
My go-to reference book for all the female agents of SOE Section F
Heroines of SOE: F Section - Secret Women
Best biography on the courageous Nearne sisters
Sisters, Secrets and Sacrifice: WWII Agents
Another comprehensive catalogue of the female SOE agents Section F
Mission France: Women of SOE History
Another go-to book by a historian and SOE participant
SOE: History of the Special Operations Executive
Colonel Buckmaster's memoirs. He was the head of SOE Section F
They Fought Alone
The incredible foul play by British Intelligence services that cost the lives of hundreds of agents
All the King's Men: SOE's Wartime Disaster
Susan Ottaway's biography on Violette Szabo. I haven't read it yet.
Violette Szabo