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The first ever complete history of Britain's Second World War female secret agents, including many of the women's accounts of their experiences working with resistance movements before and after D-Day.

The secret life of Brickendonbury Manor & the WW2 assassins & saboteurs who set occupied Europe alight.

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The true story of the Agent Fifi, whose mere identity was only disclosed in September 2014 as Marie Chilver.

The true story of Agent Fifi, whose job was to entrap trainee agents and test their mettle in the field during WWII. Fifi's identity was only disclosed in 2014 as Marie Chiver, a half-Latvian, half-British escapee from occupied Europe.

Following the Italian invasion of Albania, the British government was worried that Greece would be next. Their Intelligence Service in Athens prepared to sabotage their plans, stored explosives and trained saboteurs. When Germany came to Italy's aid, they took control of Greece, despite attempts to sabotage the road and rail links. This book investigates the success and failures of British, American and Greek sabotage missions, the attacks on ...

Between 1940 and 1944 dozens of French men and some women were trained in industrial sabotage at Brickendonbury Manor, near Hertford, UK before being infiltrated into France on top secret missions to destroy transport, industrial and telecommunications targets. They included Raymond Basset, Madeleine Bayard, Georges Bergé, M. Bernard, Raymond Cabard, Francis Cammaerts, Marcel Clech, Elizabeth Devereaux-Rochester, J. Forman, John Farmer, George...

In late-1943 Harry Rée, one of Britain's secret agents operating in eastern France, witnessed an RAF bombing mission on Peugeot's automobile factory in Sochaux/Montbéliard. As many bombs missed their target, damaging houses and killing innocent French civilians, he was aware that it could turn public opinion against the Allies. With the agreement of his boss in the Special Operations Executive, he approached one of Peugeot's directors and made...

The fascinating story of the mysterious Tempsford Airfield.

Between 1942 and 1944, at least 36 French women were recruited by British, French, Soviet and American intelligence agencies, trained as organisers, wireless operators, couriers and saboteurs and infiltrated into France by boat or plane from Britain and Algeria to help the French Resistance in their attempt to liberate their country. This books tells the stories of Anatole', Francine Fromont, Yvonne Rudellat, Andrée Borrel, Odette Sansom, Mari...

This book investigates the role played by William Donovan, the OSS mission in London and the Carpetbaggers, the US Squadron which was sent to RAF Tempsford to be trained by the 'Moon Squadrons' before undertaking their own missions from Harrington. Not only does it describe the work of pilots and crew members, it also details some of the missions and gives insight into their social life. It includes the story of Owen Johnson and Elizabeth Deve...

Bernard R. Gifford As we edge toward the year 2000, the information age is a reality, the global marketplace is increasingly competitive, and the U.S. labor force is shrinking. Today more than ever, our nation's economic and social well-being hinges on our ability to tap our human resources-to identify talent, to nurture it, and to assess abilities and disabilities in ways that help every individual reach his or her full potential. In pursuing...

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This books is aimed at those who are vaguely interested in religion, even in the broadest sense of the word, but who have been alienated by a bad experience or inaccurate teaching. A lifetime of pastoral experience in different circumstances has given the Author an appreciation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The spirit of his teaching, his interaction with people, everything about his personality is so inspiring, so beautiful, so positive. The...

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