SOE's Mastermind by Brian Lett

SOE's Mastermind by Brian Lett

For those with even a passing interest in the Second World War, the name Colin Gubbins is synonymous with the Special Operations Executive (SOE). This is not surprising as from its creation in late 1940 at Prime Minister Winston Churchills command to set Europe ablaze, Gubbins was the driving force behind SOE. Over the next four years as, first, Operations and Training Director (codename M) and, from 1943, its Commander (CD) he masterminded every aspect of its worldwide covert operations. Remarkably this is the first full biography of the man whose contribution to victory ranks in the premier league. The Authors research and access to family archives reveal the experiences in The Great War and later in Russia, Ireland, Poland and as Head of British Resistance that made Gubbins such a pivotal and influential wartime figure. The result is a fascinating biography that reveals as much about SOEs extraordinary activities as it does about the man who inspired and commanded them.

"Lett's volume on Gubbins clearly benefits from the approval of the Gubbin's family, and is written in a more traditional style than some modern biographies"-- "Friends of the National Army Museum"

Brian Lett QC has four successful books in print with Pen and Sword: SAS Operations in Italy, Ian Fleming and Operation POSTMASTER, Small Scale Raiding Force and An Italian Imprisonment The Extraordinary Story of Campo 21, 1941-1945\. A practising lawyer, he lives in Somerset and has a house in Tuscany.

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ISBN 13	9781526796493
ISBN 10	152679649X
Title	SOE's Mastermind
Author	Brian Lett
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Year published	2020-10-13
Number of pages	288
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