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During World War II, he was stationed at Camp X in Ontario, Canada. This was one of several training facilities operated by the British Special Operations Executive to train spies and special forces teams. He was the Political Warfare officer from 1942 to 1944 and held the rank of Major. Dehn took part in missions in France and Norway.
- British
- Paul Dehn, 5 November 1912, Manchester, UK
- 1950–1974
- 30 September 1976 (aged 63), Chelsea, London, UK
Apr 1, 2004 · This is a reprint of an actual manual used to train Special Operations Executive (SOE)and Office of Strategic Services(OSS)personnel during the Second World War. This book is a look at espionage and sabotage training 70 years ago, and it reflects that era.
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Nov 10, 2015 · The best surviving copy of that syllabus happens to be the one used at Special Training School 103, or “Camp X” which opened to train American spies two days before Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
Did you know? THAT: Paul Edward Dehn, (b. 1912, d. 1976), noted film critic, lyricist and Oscar winning co-writer, screen story, with James Bernard of Seven Days to Noon, 1950 (awarded 1952) was in fact Major Dehn, SOE, the Political Warfare instructor at Camp-X, 1942 – 1944. The Oxford educated Dehn’s prolific post war production included ...
There is a confirmed Bond connection, though. Paul Dehn was a member of the Camp X staff and may have had a hand in writing the infamous camp manual [source: Bicknell]. Dehn later wrote several well-known screenplays, including that of the James Bond film "Goldfinger."
- Ed Grabianowski
Occupants. Roald Dahl. John Skinner Wilson. Paul Dehn. Ian Fleming (disputed) Camp X was the unofficial name of the secret Special Training School No. 103, a Second World War British paramilitary installation for training covert agents in the methods required for success in clandestine operations. [1]
Aug 14, 2017 · The British Archives in London has a manual from the camp entitled How to be a secret spy. It was written by notorious British double agent Kim Philby and film critic and author of spy films, Paul Dehn. During the Second World War and decades after, those connected with Camp X were sworn to secrecy.
