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Title
Date(s)
- 1945 Jun 27 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
253pp
Scope and content
Typescript entitled 'Report on Special Operations Executive (SOE) activities in Greece and the islands of the Aegean Sea' by Dobrski for the Joint Operational Staff, Middle East, comprising terms of reference of SOE; results achieved; SOE participation in strategic and joint operations; special operations (counter-demolition missions and subversion of enemy troops); equipment, transportation and support utilised; administrative and political difficulties encountered; summaries of military missions, locations, casualties and damage inflicted, including reports on the SOE missions to demolish the Gorgopotamos Viaduct (25-26 Nov 1942) and Asopos Viaduct (20-21 Jun 1943), near Thermopylae, Greece; reports on SOE activities in Crete and the kidnapping of German Maj Gen Heinrich Kreipe, Commanding Officer of German 22 'Sebastopol' Div by SOE on Crete (Apr 1944); intelligence gathering and post liberation duties. 253pp