Bøker av Peter Jacobs

To carry out one clandestine mission required courage, but to do it four times required courage on a quite extraordinary scale. Yet, that is exactly what Peter Churchill did. Peter Morland Churchill was born in Amsterdam in 1909 to British diplomat William Churchill and his wife Violet. A particularly gifted linguist, upon graduating from university, Churchill followed in his fatherâEUR(TM)s footsteps and entered into the British diplomatic service before eventually joining the Home Office Advisory Committee. Following the outbreak of the Second World War, ChurchillâEUR(TM)s professional exploits and linguistic prowess led him to the Special Operations Executive (SOE) âEUR" a secret British organisation formed in 1940 to carry out subversive warfare against the enemy in Nazi-occupied Europe. Churchill was among the early volunteers for the SOE, and joined as an Intelligence Officer in the French Section in 1941\. Throughout his time in the organisation, Churchill made it into France on four separate missions. Each of these assignments were hazardous, requiring courage, resourcefulness and tireless hard work. Churchill was successful in his first three missions, but these hazards caught up with him and he was captured at the beginning of his fourth deployment to France. He endured torture, solitary confinement and the everyday horrors of the concentration camps as a result. He eventually made it back home at the end of the war and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his outstanding courage. The story of Peter Churchill and his time in the SOE is an incredible one. This remarkable history truly does justice to these experiences and will captivate any reader interested in the SOE or in the Second World War in general.

The dramatic story of the Newton brothers, SOE agents in Nazi-occupied France during the Second World War

Ogden-Smith's remarkable wartime exploits as a Commando and SOE operative in North Africa and Europe, include dramatic accounts of clandestine missions deep behind enemy lines.First time this story has been told in full.

The dramatic story of the Newton brothers, SOE agents in Nazi-occupied France during the Second World War

From the Smuts Report to a remotely piloted air system via Trenchard's boots and a 1948 Olympics running vest, discover the rich history and stunning development of Her Majesty's youngest service through 100 iconic objects.

Countless acts of personal courage and self-sacrifice have punctuated the history of Bomber Command's Yorkshire airfields. The author has consolidated stories taken from thirty-three sites across the Yorkshire area.