Sabotage and subversion: How secret agents helped win WWII
For the Special Operations Executive, sabotage meant blowing up trains, bridges and factories. Subversion was about fostering revolt.
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For the Special Operations Executive, sabotage meant blowing up trains, bridges and factories. Subversion was about fostering revolt.
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