Special Operations Executive recognised
- Title
- Special Operations Executive recognised
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- 13 Feb 1996
- Year of production
- 1996
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- Duration
- 00:03:56
- Description
- During the Second World War, they went behind enemy lines, destroyed communications and helped local resistance. But the soldiers of the SOE (Special Operations executive) have never been publicly honoured because they worked for a secret organisation. This afternoon, veterans will gather in Westminster Abbey to unveil a plaque in memory of this organisation. Nick Wood reports. We hear from Mark Seaman, an historian from the Imperial War Museum; Thermistocles Marinos, a former SOE member; Gervase Cowell, a spokesman from the Special Forces Club.
- Contributors
- Nick Wood; Mark Seaman; Thermistocles Marinos; Gervase Cowell
- Keywords
- Guerilla warfare; Second World War (1939-1945); Special forces; Commemorative events; SOE; Special Operations Executive
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