"World War II Secret Operations Handbook" lets you in on the skills and tricks used by the British S.O.E. (Special Operations Executive), the US O.S.S. (Office of Strategic Services), the French Maquis, and other special forces in combat in Europe, Africa and Asia between 1939 and 1945. Learn how to rig up a makeshift radio, how to pass undetected in enemy territory, how to live off the land and make shelter, and how to work as a sniper. Learn how operatives blow up bridges, roads, railways and arms depots and how they work with the local resistance.With more than 120 black-&-white drawings and with easy-to-follow text, "World War II Secret Operations Handbook" is an excellent guide to the techniques and skills used by the men and women of the special forces, techniques that are as relevant today as they were in 1945.
- ISBN10 0762779861
- ISBN13 9780762779864
- Publish Date 15 May 2012
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 May 2015
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
- Imprint Globe Pequot Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 320
- Language English