During World War II, the Special Operations Executive (SOE) deployed brave agents behind enemy lines to support resistance movements and disrupt the Nazi war effort.
These operatives, including courageous Canadians, risked everything in a high-stakes game of espionage, sabotage, and survival.
From covert parachute landings to evading enemy forces, their missions were filled with extreme danger. Some returned home, while others made the ultimate sacrifice—but their efforts played a crucial role in the fight for freedom.
This is the story of fearless individuals who defied oppression and helped change the course of history.
I'm a day late but Happy VE Day to all that served in the European Front of WW2... 80 years ago the war in Europe officially ended....
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Including Canadians??? Is that like saying even Black people?
ReplyDeleteIn Western Canada, we may as well be Black according to the East.
DeleteTo be honest, I was once asked by a Jamaican if I smoked, because I was certainly Black on the inside.
Actually, it is likely because of my enthusiasm for Jazz and Blues.
Heavy shit man. In the beginning the French Resistance was a mess. Many were Gaullists and/or Socialists. They did not necessarily get along. So, the Americans, Canadians and English spies were far from hooking up with an organized group. They had to organize these people before they could ever start to harass the enemy. It must have been a nightmare. Mighty brave people for sure.
ReplyDeleteGood movie - 'Carve Her Name With Pride.' The true (based on fact) story of Violette Szabo. A native speaker of French living in London, she married Étienne Szabo, a French Foreign Legion officer, who was killed at El Alamein. She was recruited by the SOE to parachute into France. On her second mission, she was captured by the SS. Tortured, she was eventually sent to Ravensbruck, and eventually killed by execution.
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violette_Szabo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violette_Szabo
Hero.
DeleteThe narrator in the grey coat is Norm Christie, a Canadian military historian and author who also conducts tours of the WWI battlefields and Normandy.
ReplyDeleteThe only major SOE operation that Americans participated in was Operation Jedburgh where teams of 3 men parachuted into France in full uniform before D-Day.
Here's a good book about it
https://www.amazon.com/Operation-Jedburgh-D-Day-Americas-Shadow/dp/0143112023
Al_in_Ottawa
Mahalo Ken, I watched this twice, it was that good...
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