Special Operations Executive

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Special_Operations_Executive

GPTKB entity

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	British intelligence agency
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:SOE
gptkbp:activePeriod	1940–1946
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:director	gptkb:Colin_Gubbins
gptkbp:dissolved	15 January 1946
gptkbp:formed	July 1940
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:London
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Special Operations Executive
gptkbp:motto	gptkb:Set_Europe_Ablaze
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Colin_Gubbins gptkb:Noor_Inayat_Khan gptkb:Odette_Sansom gptkb:Vera_Atkins
gptkbp:notableMission	gptkb:Operation_Mincemeat gptkb:Operation_Animals gptkb:Operation_Anthropoid gptkb:Operation_Braddock gptkb:Operation_Bulbasket gptkb:Operation_Carpetbagger gptkb:Operation_Chaffinch gptkb:Operation_Creek gptkb:Operation_Foxley gptkb:Operation_Freston gptkb:Operation_Gaff gptkb:Operation_Grouse gptkb:Operation_Gunnerside gptkb:Operation_Halyard gptkb:Operation_Harling gptkb:Operation_Jaywick gptkb:Operation_Jedburgh gptkb:Operation_Josephine_B gptkb:Operation_Musketoon gptkb:Operation_Outward gptkb:Operation_Periwig gptkb:Operation_Postmaster gptkb:Operation_Rimau gptkb:Operation_Savanna gptkb:Operation_Sussex gptkb:Operation_Swallow gptkb:intelligence_gathering assassination of Reinhard Heydrich covert sabotage operations supporting French Resistance training resistance fighters
gptkbp:notableOperation	gptkb:Operation_Anthropoid gptkb:Operation_Harling gptkb:Operation_Jedburgh
gptkbp:operatesIn	gptkb:Africa gptkb:Asia gptkb:Europe gptkb:Middle_East
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:Ministry_of_Economic_Warfare
gptkbp:purpose	espionage reconnaissance sabotage support of resistance movements
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:MI6 gptkb:Special_Air_Service gptkb:MI9
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:A._J._Ayer gptkb:Alfred_Jules_Ayer
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4