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Section D for Destruction Malcolm Atkin

Section D for Destruction By Malcolm Atkin

Section D for Destruction by Malcolm Atkin


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The first comprehensive history of Section D since the release of secret documents on its operations into the public domain

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Section D for Destruction: Forerunner of SOE by Malcolm Atkin

When Neville Chamberlain made his famous Peace in Our Time statement in 1938, after the Munich Agreement with Hitler, he may, or may not, have been aware that the new Section D of the Secret Intelligence Service was already making plans to mount an all-out political and sabotage war against Nazi Germany. This was a new form of warfare, encompassing bribery, black propaganda and sabotage by agents described as having no morals or scruples. To the horror of many, it disregarded the conventions of neutrality and was prepared to hit the Nazi state wherever it could do most damage. Malcolm Atkin reveals how Section Ds struggle to build a European wide anti-Nazi resistance movement was met with widespread suspicion from government, to the extent of a systematic destruction of its reputation. It was, however, a key pioneer of irregular warfare that led to the formation of the famous Special Operations Executive (SOE). His study is the first in-depth account of it to be published since the release of previously secret documents to the National Archives.

About Malcolm Atkin

Malcolm Atkin is a former head of the Historic Environment and Archaeology Service for Worcestershire. He is a leading authority on the English Civil War, but he has also made a special study of home defence and the development of British Intelligence during the Second World War. His many publications include Cromwell's Crowning Mercy: the Battle of Worcester, The Civil War in Evesham: A Storm of Fire and Leaden Hail, Worcestershire Under Arms, Worcester 1651 and the pioneering Fighting Nazi Occupation: British Resistance 1939-1945 and Myth and Reality: the Second World War Auxiliary Units.

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GOR011637257
9781473892606
1473892600
Section D for Destruction: Forerunner of SOE by Malcolm Atkin
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
20180110
240
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