{"product_id":"forgotten-voices-of-the-secret-war-an-inside-history-of-special-operations-in-the-second-world-war-9780091918514","title":"Forgotten Voices of the Secret War: An Inside History of Special Operations in the Second World War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The Gestapo kept me three days in this interrogation house. They especially wanted to know what I did after my escape, and precise things on the organisation of the SOE. And just for fun I suspect, because I had really not much to tell them, they pulled one of my toenails out.\" --\u003ci\u003eRobert Sheppard, SOE agent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British organization created early in World War II to encourage resistance and carry out sabotage behind enemy lines: in Winston Churchill's famous phrase, to \"set Europe ablaze.\" Drawing on the vast resources of the Imperial War Museum Sound Archive and featuring a mass of previously unpublished personal testimonies, \u003ci\u003eForgotten Voices of the Secret War \u003c\/i\u003etells the stories of SOE agents, HQ staff, diplomats, aircrew, and naval personnel in their own words. As the war unfolds, we learn of parachute drops into enemy territory, torture by the Gestapo and nerve-wracking sabotage missions in far-flung climes. \u003ci\u003eForgotten Voices of the Secret War\u003c\/i\u003e is both an incredible account of espionage during World War II and a fitting testament to the efforts and sacrifices of a dedicated group of courageous men and women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ebury Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780091918514\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.20d","brand":"Roderick Bailey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51798368551093,"sku":"9780091918514","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_26920094-8268-497a-9983-4571b523d379.jpg?v=1758638316","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/forgotten-voices-of-the-secret-war-an-inside-history-of-special-operations-in-the-second-world-war-9780091918514","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}