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Secret war

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Less than a year after WWII began, Hitler's armies occupied much of mainland Europe-and the island nation of Great Britain stood alone. Rather than wait for the expected German invasion, Prime Minister Winston Churchill decided to hit back at the Nazis any way he could. In the summer of 1940, he formed a secret organization called the SOE, Special Operations Executive, and ordered it to 'set Europe ablaze'. "Secret War" is a thrilling series that goes inside Churchill's secret army to a dangerous world of agents, double agents, and even triple agents. In 13 episodes, it tells the story of SOE agents and other clandestine warriors who went behind enemy lines to conduct intelligence-gathering, sabotage, and assassination. Sometimes the operations were spectacularly successful, at other times inexplicably inept. But together, the efforts of these intrepid men and women helped save thousands of lives, liberate Europe, and turn the tide of World War II.

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Less than a year after WWII began, Hitler's armies occupied much of mainland Europe-and the island nation of Great Britain stood alone. Rather than wait for the expected German invasion, Prime Minister Winston Churchill decided to hit back at the Nazis any way he could. In the summer of 1940, he formed a secret organization called the SOE, Special Operations Executive, and ordered it to 'set Europe ablaze'. "Secret War" is a thrilling series that goes inside Churchill's secret army to a dangerous world of agents, double agents, and even triple agents. In 13 episodes, it tells the story of SOE agents and other clandestine warriors who went behind enemy lines to conduct intelligence-gathering, sabotage, and assassination. Sometimes the operations were spectacularly successful, at other times inexplicably inept. But together, the efforts of these intrepid men and women helped save thousands of lives, liberate Europe, and turn the tide of World War II.

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Special features: 20-page viewer's guide with a chronology of World War II and articles on Winston Churchill, Fortress Europe, resistance movements, the SAS, and MI6; discussion questions at athenalearning.com.
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Booklet included with Disc 1.

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Disc 1. The special interrogation group -- Hardy Amies: Operation "Ratweek" -- The mafia connection -- Double Agent Tricycle / Disc 2. The banker, the Norwegians, and the bomb -- The English scholar and the fight for Greece -- The Dutch disaster / Disc 3. The SAS Italian job -- The spymistress and the French fiasco -- The French triple agent / Disc 4. Christine Granville: Polish spy -- Agent Garbo -- The aristocrat and the Balkan communist.
Booklet. The war in Europe: from occupation to liberation. The conflict begins -- German victories in the west -- The war widens -- America enters the war, and the tide turns in Russia -- Resistance movements strike back at the Nazis -- Germany on the retreat -- The Allied noose tightens -- Europe liberated / The ruthless Mr. Churchill / Fortress Europe: German preparations for the Atlantic invasion / Resistance movements / "Who dares win": the story of the SAS / License to kill: a history of MI6.