🅾🅽 🆃🅷🅸🆂 🅳🅰🆈 July 22, 1940: SOE is officially created at the instigation of Churchill to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in occupied territory and aid resistance movements. #WinstonChurchill #SOE #WW2 🇬🇧 More information: https://t.co/IrKhrrXoqv

🅽🅾🅾🆁 🅸🅽🅰🆈🅰🆃 🅺🅷🅰🅽 SOE agent Noor Inayat Khan, the first female W/T operator sent by Britain into occupied France, exhibited exceptional bravery and was posthumously awarded the George Cross. Her last word before execution was "Liberté". https://t.co/m8ReJY8kxF

🅾🅽 🆃🅷🅸🆂 🅳🅰🆈 OCT 16, 1944: A USAAF B-24 crashes into Mount Canin in Northern Italy on an SOE organised airdrop to partisans. There are no survivors. Today we remember their sacrifice. #CoolantMission #USAAF #SOE #WW2 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 More information: https://t.co/wF11wzY9fJ

Just listened to this last one. Well done chaps @forgottenwarpod it has been a fab journey through 1942, and thanks for the shout out for SOE. Let's do it!

🅾🅽 🆃🅷🅸🆂 🅽🅸🅶🅷🆃 OCT 15/16, 1941: Two French BCRA agents are infiltrated into France via motorboat by SOE's Helford Flotilla in a mission organised by RF Section. @MalcherAlan #HelfordFlotilla #BCRA #RFSection #SOE #WW2 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 More information: https://t.co/LCWl80LXvZ

Our Norway Attack Route adventure kicks off with sleds, loyal huskies, and epic SOE history in the frozen north of the Hardangervidda. Step into the tracks of real-life Special Operations legends. Join us in March. https://t.co/BQU2cqMxBW

🅾🅽 🆃🅷🅸🆂 🅳🅰🆈 OCT 14, 1944: Two RAF Hudson aircraft land in France with medical stores and return to England with four agents. One pilot, Ft/Lt Terence Helfer, later survives being blown out of his Hudson's cockpit. #TerenceHelfer #RAF #SOE #WW2 🇬🇧 https://t.co/vl9oNhp1Ym

@wwnorton 🅼🅾🆅🅸🅴 A superb historical drama by Sarah M. Thomas inspired by the true stories of three women who worked for SOE. Intelligence officer Vera Atkins and two of her agents, Virginia Hall and Noor Inayat Khan. #ACallToSpy #SarahMeganThomas #SOE #WW2 3/3 https://t.co/YcOLg0xQeD

🅱🅾🅾🅺 'Code Name Madeleine' (2020) provides a superb insight into the life of SOE agent Noor Inayat Khan, the first female W/T operator to be sent into German-occupied France. @wwnorton #CodeNameMadeleine #ArthurJMagida #NoorInayatKhan #SOE #WW2 2/3 https://t.co/T2YIeXOkBc

🅾🅽 🆃🅷🅸🆂 🅳🅰🆈 October 13, 1943: Noor Inayat Khan, who chose to stay in France after her network collapsed, is arrested. Interrogated by the Gestapo, she does not reveal any information and is later shot. Today we remember her courage. #NoorInayatKhan #SOE #WW2 1/3

🅾🅽 🆃🅷🅸🆂 🅳🅰🆈 October 13, 1905: Anne Bromhead is born on this day in Assam, India. An Intel Officer, she was described as "most efficient and conscientious." #AnneMarieGonvilleBromhead #Force136 #SOE #WW2 🇬🇧 More information: https://t.co/iH7qi14QFC

Norwegian flag flying, spirits high, and the legacy of SOE Kompnai Linge legends living on. Arriving where legends once gathered to take on the impossible. Join us and retrace the ski trails of legends. https://t.co/BQU2cqMxBW

By 1944, 50 courageous women were deployed by the SOE into Nazi-occupied France, fully aware of the dangers. Their handler, Vera Atkins, tirelessly investigated their fates after the war. Did women excel in espionage? Here's what I think: (🧵)

Svědectví hrdinů 30. díl: Radoslava Brovjáková 🎖Narozená 19.10.1926 u Šumperka. Rodina od jara 1944 ukrývala vysílačku Jarmila kapitána Bogataje z výsadku SOE CARBON. Úkolem Radoslavy bylo přenášet vysílačku a přenášet zprávy. Po válce byla školnicí 🌺 https://t.co/ckT0uGHMfN

Agents of Britain’s Special Operations Executive (SOE) undergo parachute training in 1941:

🅾🅽 🆃🅷🅸🆂 🅳🅰🆈 OCT 12, 1944: Two SOE agents leave Le Bourget airfield (Paris) in a No. 161 Squadron RAF Hudson aircraft. The first of three Judex missions wherein agents toured France to evaluate the work of F Section's networks. #Judex1Mission #FSection #SOE #WW2 🇬🇧

🅱🅾🅾🅺 🆁🅴🆅🅸🅴🆆🆂 Paul Woodadge of @WW2TV reviews his favourite books on Poland in World War II, including historian @ClareMulley's book about SOE agent Elżbieta Zawacka, 'Agent Zo'. #AgentZo #ClareMulley #SOE #WW2 🇵🇱 🇬🇧 https://t.co/iOA2SpUthm

Join me on Nov 9th for an online discussion with Dr Kate Vigurs, exploring her book Mission Europe. Uncover the remarkable bravery of SOE women across Europe, including Jewish agents from Mandate Palestine. @historical_kate @classilectures Tickets: https://t.co/52E7U4dj4P

Just home from an epic few days in Scotland with SOE Expeditions. Visiting Knoydart, Arisaig and Aviemore. With a little SOE training thrown in. #resistance #ww2 #SOE #tourguide #historian #author #Scotland

Are you ready to test your grit where WW2 legends once braved the elements? Step into history and ski the legendary Norway attack route across the Hardangervidda. Channel your inner SOE operative and see if you've got what it takes. Discover the route and experience adventure: ️

🅾🅽 🆃🅷🅸🆂 🅳🅰🆈 OCT 11, 1943: Jemadar (Lt.) Sum Naw, a Kachin born in 1919, parachutes into Burma on Operation Dilwyn, remaining in the field until 20 June 1944. @richard_duckett #SumLatNaw #Force136 #SOE #WW2 🇬🇧 More information: https://t.co/KgsztJzptg