The Special Operations Executive (SOE), or in French "Direction des opérations spéciales," was a British secret service created in July 1940 by Winston Churchill and Hugh Dalton, Minister of Economic Warfare, to carry out sabotage actions in enemy territory.

Discover the fascinating history of the SOE and its heroic agents in this video:

The SOE played a crucial role in the French Resistance and clandestine operations during World War II.