Guardians of Churchill's Secret Army Quotes

“Nur wer die Vergangenheit kennt, kann die Gegenwart verstehen und die Zukunft gestalten.’ ‘Only those who know the past can understand the present and shape the future.’ August Bebel (1840-1913)”
― Peter Dixon, Guardians of Churchill's Secret Army: Men of the Intelligence Corps in the Special Operations Executive

“Nobody who did not experience it can possibly imagine the atmosphere of jealousy, suspicion and intrigue which embittered the relations between the various secret and semi-secret departments”
― Peter Dixon, Guardians of Churchill's Secret Army: Men of the Intelligence Corps in the Special Operations Executive

“according to Gildea: The French divided between those who collaborated with the Germans, those who resisted them, and those in the middle who resigned themselves to the situation and ‘muddled through’.”
― Peter Dixon, Guardians of Churchill's Secret Army: Men of the Intelligence Corps in the Special Operations Executive

“A Jedburgh team in France generally consisted of an officer from SOE or OSS, an officer from the Free French forces and a non-commissioned radio operator.”
― Peter Dixon, Guardians of Churchill's Secret Army: Men of the Intelligence Corps in the Special Operations Executive