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SOE

SOE

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A British World War II group that spied and helped resistance fighters
  • noun
translation icon : SOE (Ejecutivo de Operaciones Especiales)
  • We haven't traced the signal to an address yet, but it's coming from the Highgate region of North London, and the information concerns the activities of SOE circuits in France.
  • SOE (Special Operations Executive)
  • SOE (Special Operations Executive)
  • SOE (Special Operations Executive)

Examples

  • Many brave operatives worked for the SOE, risking their lives to gather intelligence against enemy forces.

  • SOE: Special Operations Executive.

    The Sea Wolves (1980)

  • The SOE trained agents in covert operations to assist the resistance against the Nazis.

  • During World War II, the SOE played a crucial role in coordinating espionage activities in Europe.

Surface Forms

SOE singular
SOEs plural

Etymology

SOE is short for Special Operations Executive, a British group set up in World War II to run secret 'operations' like spying and sabotage. So the SOE was a wartime agency that sent agents behind enemy lines.