Tells the official history of the war waged by Britain's Special Operations Executive on Benito Mussolini's Fascist Italy. This book offers an account of SOE's clandestine efforts to strike at Italy a
The Victoria Cross is one of the world’s most famous medals. It was introduced by Queen Victoria in 1856 for "most conspicuous bravery, or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrif
Drawing on vast archival resources and featuring a mass of previously unpublished personal testimonies, a unique collection of personal testimonies from the men and women of the Special Operations Ex
