Churchill's school for saboteurs : Station 17
O'Connor, Bernard, 1952-2014
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Following the outbreak of the Second World War, Guy Burgess, an officer in Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, convinced his superiors that a special school be opened to teach sabotage. Although his suggestion that it be called 'Guy Fawkes' School' was turned down, Brickendonbury Manor, near Hertford, was chosen and named 'Station XVII'. This book investigates the history of Brickendonbury, tells stories about some of its personnel, and assesses the successes and failures of some of the estimated 1200 saboteurs sent into occupied Europe.
Main title:
Churchill's school for saboteurs : Station 17 / Bernard O'Connor.
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Imprint:
Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2014.
Collation:
224 pages, 10 pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2013.Includes QR code.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781445642277 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.548641940.548641940.5486 OCO940.548LOC 940.548641
Local class:
940.548641
Language:
English
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BRN:
75564