Overview of the Great Britain. Special Operations Executive miscellaneous records

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Title: Great Britain. Special Operations Executive miscellaneous records
Date (inclusive): 1939-1943
Collection Number: 91087
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 1 folder (0.1 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Dispatches, memoranda, reports, and letters, relating to analysis of the political situation in Yugoslavia prior to the coup of 1941, British involvement in the coup, assessment of Partisan and Četnik resistance forces in Yugoslavia, and formulation of British policy in regard to those forces. Typed transcript (photocopy)
Creator: Great Britain. Special Operations Executive
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1991.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Great Britain. Special Operations Executive miscellaneous records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

British government agency for special and clandestine military operations during World War II.

Scope and Content of Collection

Dispatches, memoranda, reports, and letters, relating to analysis of the political situation in Yugoslavia prior to the coup of 1941, British involvement in the coup, assessment of Partisan and Četnik resistance forces in Yugoslavia, and formulation of British policy in regard to those forces. Typed transcript (photocopy)

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements
World War, 1939-1945 -- Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia -- History -- Axis occupation, 1941-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service
Secret service -- Great Britain
Yugoslavia -- History -- Coup d'état, 1941