Stories from the Files of the SOE and OSS." During World War Two the use of small, clandestine groups to undermine enemy resources with acts of sabotage and subversion were used more widely than ever before. The Special Operations Executive (SOE) in London and America's Office of Strategic Services (OSS) predominated, using sophisticated techniques in wide-ranging operations. Reads like fiction but is based on fact. Compilation of 13 specific operations covering the European, Burma and Far Eastern theatres during WWII. Includes details of recruiting and training, the Harling mission, Maid Honor Force, Special Operations Australia and the Singapore strike, SOE and the atomic bomb, SOE's F Section and the Jedburgh Teams in France. Photos, maps. pp. 224. Illustrated. Notes on Sources. Index.