A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
1956
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1 day ago · Special Operations Executive ( SOE) was a British organisation formed in 1940 to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in German-occupied Europe and to aid local resistance movements during World War II . SOE personnel operated in all territories occupied or attacked by the Axis powers, except where demarcation lines were agreed upon ...
- 22 July 1940 – 15 January 1946
- United Kingdom
- Approximately 13,000 employees
1 day ago · Substantial debate exists over the ethical, legal, and military aspects of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 August and 9 August 1945 respectively at the close of World War II (1939–45). On 26 July 1945 at the Potsdam Conference, United States President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President ...
1 day ago · Rudolf Walter Richard Hess (Heß in German; 26 April 1894 – 17 August 1987) was a German politician and a leading member of the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany.Appointed Deputy Führer to Adolf Hitler in 1933, Hess held that position until 1941, when he flew solo to Scotland in an attempt to negotiate the United Kingdom's exit from the Second World War.
- German
- Wolf Rüdiger Hess
- 1914–1918
- Nazi Party (1920–1941)
1 day ago · Churchill, Winston S. The Second World War; Clive, Nigel. A Greek Experience: 1943–1948 (Michael Russell, 1985.) Frazier, Robert. Anglo-American relations with Greece: the coming of the Cold War 1942–47 (1991) Goulter-Zervoudakis, Christina. "The politicization of intelligence: The British experience in Greece, 1941–1944."
- 30 March 1946 – 16 October 1949, (3 years, 6 months, 2 weeks and 2 days)
- Kingdom of Greece victory
