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May 22, 1901: On this date, future, though some might think unlikely, Special Operations Executive agent Denis Rake was born in Brussels. Much of his childhood history is clouded in mystery. He was a small, effeminate, and campy gay man who UTTERLY excelled at the work of the SOE. Too much to say about his successes, but the stories are recounted at the link below.
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May 22, 1901: On this date, future, though some might think unlikely, Special Operations Executive agent Denis Rake was born in Brussels. Much of his childhood history is clouded in mystery. He was a small, effeminate, and campy gay man who UTTERLY excelled at the work of the SOE. Too much to say about his successes, but the stories are recounted at the link below.
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May 22, 1901: On this date, future, though some might think unlikely, Special Operations Executive agent Denis Rake was born in Brussels. Much of his childhood history is clouded in mystery. He was a small, effeminate, and campy gay man who UTTERLY excelled at the work of the SOE. Too much to say about his successes, but the stories are recounted at the link below.
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May 22, 1901: On this date, future, though some might think unlikely, Special Operations Executive agent Denis Rake was born in Brussels. Much of his childhood history is clouded in mystery. He was a small, effeminate, and campy gay man who UTTERLY excelled at the work of the SOE. Too much to say about his successes, but the stories are recounted at the link below.
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May 22, 1901: On this date, future, though some might think unlikely, Special Operations Executive agent Denis Rake was born in Brussels. Much of his childhood history is clouded in mystery. He was a small, effeminate, and campy gay man who UTTERLY excelled at the work of the SOE. Too much to say about his successes, but the stories are recounted at the link below.
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Spy Tech: A Quiet Radio for Spies
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/05/20/spy-tech-a-quiet-radio-for-spies/
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Michou Dumon’s cover was blown & she fed to Britain. She personally aided some 250 people escape the Nazis. In London, she met Pierre Ugeux, a French member of F Section of the Special Operations Executive. They married in 1945, after the war. The couple had 4 children: Nicole, Brigitte, Guy, and Stefan. Michou Dumon died November 16, 2017 at age 96. Read more about her incredible life at the link below. (5/5)
#WW2 #Resistance #Antifa #Belgium #FSection #SOE
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/12/micheline-dumon-obituary?CMP=share_btn_tw
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Michou Dumon’s cover was blown & she fed to Britain. She personally aided some 250 people escape the Nazis. In London, she met Pierre Ugeux, a French member of F Section of the Special Operations Executive. They married in 1945, after the war. The couple had 4 children: Nicole, Brigitte, Guy, and Stefan. Michou Dumon died November 16, 2017 at age 96. Read more about her incredible life at the link below. (5/5)
#WW2 #Resistance #Antifa #Belgium #FSection #SOE
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/12/micheline-dumon-obituary?CMP=share_btn_tw
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Michou Dumon’s cover was blown & she fed to Britain. She personally aided some 250 people escape the Nazis. In London, she met Pierre Ugeux, a French member of F Section of the Special Operations Executive. They married in 1945, after the war. The couple had 4 children: Nicole, Brigitte, Guy, and Stefan. Michou Dumon died November 16, 2017 at age 96. Read more about her incredible life at the link below. (5/5)
#WW2 #Resistance #Antifa #Belgium #FSection #SOE
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/12/micheline-dumon-obituary?CMP=share_btn_tw
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Michou Dumon’s cover was blown & she fed to Britain. She personally aided some 250 people escape the Nazis. In London, she met Pierre Ugeux, a French member of F Section of the Special Operations Executive. They married in 1945, after the war. The couple had 4 children: Nicole, Brigitte, Guy, and Stefan. Michou Dumon died November 16, 2017 at age 96. Read more about her incredible life at the link below. (5/5)
#WW2 #Resistance #Antifa #Belgium #FSection #SOE
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/12/micheline-dumon-obituary?CMP=share_btn_tw
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Michou Dumon’s cover was blown & she fed to Britain. She personally aided some 250 people escape the Nazis. In London, she met Pierre Ugeux, a French member of F Section of the Special Operations Executive. They married in 1945, after the war. The couple had 4 children: Nicole, Brigitte, Guy, and Stefan. Michou Dumon died November 16, 2017 at age 96. Read more about her incredible life at the link below. (5/5)
#WW2 #Resistance #Antifa #Belgium #FSection #SOE
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/12/micheline-dumon-obituary?CMP=share_btn_tw
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May 17, 1991: Special Operations Executive agent Harry Rée died at age 76. Alongside SOE agent Jacqueline Nearne, he starred in the film School for Danger, a 1947 British docudrama depicting the training & deployment of SOE agents during WW2. "Of the more than 400 SOE agents who worked in France during World War II, MRD Foot, the official historian of the SOE, named Harry Rée as one of the half-dozen best male agents.”
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May 17, 1991: Special Operations Executive agent Harry Rée died at age 76. Alongside SOE agent Jacqueline Nearne, he starred in the film School for Danger, a 1947 British docudrama depicting the training & deployment of SOE agents during WW2. "Of the more than 400 SOE agents who worked in France during World War II, MRD Foot, the official historian of the SOE, named Harry Rée as one of the half-dozen best male agents.”
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May 17, 1991: Special Operations Executive agent Harry Rée died at age 76. Alongside SOE agent Jacqueline Nearne, he starred in the film School for Danger, a 1947 British docudrama depicting the training & deployment of SOE agents during WW2. "Of the more than 400 SOE agents who worked in France during World War II, MRD Foot, the official historian of the SOE, named Harry Rée as one of the half-dozen best male agents.”
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May 17, 1991: Special Operations Executive agent Harry Rée died at age 76. Alongside SOE agent Jacqueline Nearne, he starred in the film School for Danger, a 1947 British docudrama depicting the training & deployment of SOE agents during WW2. "Of the more than 400 SOE agents who worked in France during World War II, MRD Foot, the official historian of the SOE, named Harry Rée as one of the half-dozen best male agents.”
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May 17, 1991: Special Operations Executive agent Harry Rée died at age 76. Alongside SOE agent Jacqueline Nearne, he starred in the film School for Danger, a 1947 British docudrama depicting the training & deployment of SOE agents during WW2. "Of the more than 400 SOE agents who worked in France during World War II, MRD Foot, the official historian of the SOE, named Harry Rée as one of the half-dozen best male agents.”
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An exhibition, Special Operations Executive of WW2, was held at Ingrebourne Valley Nature Discovery Centre at Hornchurch Country Park, England on April 18 & 19.
The exhibit tells the story of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), a secret organization that trained volunteers in espionage to operate behind enemy lines.
"The role which the Special Operations Executive (SOE) played in the liberation of occupied Europe cannot be underestimated."
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Yvonne Rudellat died of typhus and dysentery on April 23 or 24 (1945), only days after the Allies had liberated Bergen-Belsen. At the time her identity was unknown and she was buried in a mass grave with some 5000 others. (4/4)
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Yvonne Rudellat died of typhus and dysentery on April 23 or 24 (1945), only days after the Allies had liberated Bergen-Belsen. At the time her identity was unknown and she was buried in a mass grave with some 5000 others. (4/4)
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Yvonne Rudellat died of typhus and dysentery on April 23 or 24 (1945), only days after the Allies had liberated Bergen-Belsen. At the time her identity was unknown and she was buried in a mass grave with some 5000 others. (4/4)
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Yvonne Rudellat died of typhus and dysentery on April 23 or 24 (1945), only days after the Allies had liberated Bergen-Belsen. At the time her identity was unknown and she was buried in a mass grave with some 5000 others. (4/4)
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Yvonne Rudellat died of typhus and dysentery on April 23 or 24 (1945), only days after the Allies had liberated Bergen-Belsen. At the time her identity was unknown and she was buried in a mass grave with some 5000 others. (4/4)
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Yvonne Rudellat and 3 other members of the resistance were stopped at a Nazi checkpoint. Suspicions were aroused and, as they attempted to flee, Rudellat was shot in the back of the head by a German soldier. She survived, was taken into custody, transferred to Ravensbrück and ultimately to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. (3/4)
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Yvonne Rudellat and 3 other members of the resistance were stopped at a Nazi checkpoint. Suspicions were aroused and, as they attempted to flee, Rudellat was shot in the back of the head by a German soldier. She survived, was taken into custody, transferred to Ravensbrück and ultimately to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. (3/4)
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Yvonne Rudellat and 3 other members of the resistance were stopped at a Nazi checkpoint. Suspicions were aroused and, as they attempted to flee, Rudellat was shot in the back of the head by a German soldier. She survived, was taken into custody, transferred to Ravensbrück and ultimately to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. (3/4)
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Yvonne Rudellat and 3 other members of the resistance were stopped at a Nazi checkpoint. Suspicions were aroused and, as they attempted to flee, Rudellat was shot in the back of the head by a German soldier. She survived, was taken into custody, transferred to Ravensbrück and ultimately to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. (3/4)
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Yvonne Rudellat and 3 other members of the resistance were stopped at a Nazi checkpoint. Suspicions were aroused and, as they attempted to flee, Rudellat was shot in the back of the head by a German soldier. She survived, was taken into custody, transferred to Ravensbrück and ultimately to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. (3/4)
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Yvonne Rudellat served as a courier for the circuit & traveled widely around the Loire river valley delivering messages and engaging in sabotage. She organized parachute drops, stored & distributed arms, explosives, & other supplies, established & trained other sub-circuits, and engaged in sabotage of trains & power lines. (2/4)
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Yvonne Rudellat served as a courier for the circuit & traveled widely around the Loire river valley delivering messages and engaging in sabotage. She organized parachute drops, stored & distributed arms, explosives, & other supplies, established & trained other sub-circuits, and engaged in sabotage of trains & power lines. (2/4)
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Yvonne Rudellat served as a courier for the circuit & traveled widely around the Loire river valley delivering messages and engaging in sabotage. She organized parachute drops, stored & distributed arms, explosives, & other supplies, established & trained other sub-circuits, and engaged in sabotage of trains & power lines. (2/4)
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Yvonne Rudellat served as a courier for the circuit & traveled widely around the Loire river valley delivering messages and engaging in sabotage. She organized parachute drops, stored & distributed arms, explosives, & other supplies, established & trained other sub-circuits, and engaged in sabotage of trains & power lines. (2/4)
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Yvonne Rudellat served as a courier for the circuit & traveled widely around the Loire river valley delivering messages and engaging in sabotage. She organized parachute drops, stored & distributed arms, explosives, & other supplies, established & trained other sub-circuits, and engaged in sabotage of trains & power lines. (2/4)
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May 15: On this date in 1942, Yvonne Rudellat is accepted into the Special Operations Executive. Cover name, Jacqueline Gautier; code name, Suzanne. She was the first female SOE-trained agent to go to France, arriving by felucca near Cannes on July 30, 1942. She initially joined the MONKEYPUZZLE circuit near Tours but subsequently worked in an offshoot of the vast PROSPER circuit. (1/4)
https://alanmalcher.com/2021/07/30/soe-agent-yvonne-rudellat/
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May 15: On this date in 1942, Yvonne Rudellat is accepted into the Special Operations Executive. Cover name, Jacqueline Gautier; code name, Suzanne. She was the first female SOE-trained agent to go to France, arriving by felucca near Cannes on July 30, 1942. She initially joined the MONKEYPUZZLE circuit near Tours but subsequently worked in an offshoot of the vast PROSPER circuit. (1/4)
https://alanmalcher.com/2021/07/30/soe-agent-yvonne-rudellat/
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May 15: On this date in 1942, Yvonne Rudellat is accepted into the Special Operations Executive. Cover name, Jacqueline Gautier; code name, Suzanne. She was the first female SOE-trained agent to go to France, arriving by felucca near Cannes on July 30, 1942. She initially joined the MONKEYPUZZLE circuit near Tours but subsequently worked in an offshoot of the vast PROSPER circuit. (1/4)
https://alanmalcher.com/2021/07/30/soe-agent-yvonne-rudellat/
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May 15: On this date in 1942, Yvonne Rudellat is accepted into the Special Operations Executive. Cover name, Jacqueline Gautier; code name, Suzanne. She was the first female SOE-trained agent to go to France, arriving by felucca near Cannes on July 30, 1942. She initially joined the MONKEYPUZZLE circuit near Tours but subsequently worked in an offshoot of the vast PROSPER circuit. (1/4)
https://alanmalcher.com/2021/07/30/soe-agent-yvonne-rudellat/
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May 15: On this date in 1942, Yvonne Rudellat is accepted into the Special Operations Executive. Cover name, Jacqueline Gautier; code name, Suzanne. She was the first female SOE-trained agent to go to France, arriving by felucca near Cannes on July 30, 1942. She initially joined the MONKEYPUZZLE circuit near Tours but subsequently worked in an offshoot of the vast PROSPER circuit. (1/4)
https://alanmalcher.com/2021/07/30/soe-agent-yvonne-rudellat/
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Following training, Sonya Butt parachuted into France on 5/28/44, 9 days before D-Day, to serve as a courier for the HEADMASTER circuit. She was an explosives expert and she trained Maquis resistance forces in demolitions. She survived WW2. She and her husband moved to Quebec and they raised 6 children.
Sonya Butt (D'Artois) died Dec 21, 2014. Her obituary can be found here. (2/2) -
Following training, Sonya Butt parachuted into France on 5/28/44, 9 days before D-Day, to serve as a courier for the HEADMASTER circuit. She was an explosives expert and she trained Maquis resistance forces in demolitions. She survived WW2. She and her husband moved to Quebec and they raised 6 children.
Sonya Butt (D'Artois) died Dec 21, 2014. Her obituary can be found here. (2/2) -
Following training, Sonya Butt parachuted into France on 5/28/44, 9 days before D-Day, to serve as a courier for the HEADMASTER circuit. She was an explosives expert and she trained Maquis resistance forces in demolitions. She survived WW2. She and her husband moved to Quebec and they raised 6 children.
Sonya Butt (D'Artois) died Dec 21, 2014. Her obituary can be found here. (2/2) -
Following training, Sonya Butt parachuted into France on 5/28/44, 9 days before D-Day, to serve as a courier for the HEADMASTER circuit. She was an explosives expert and she trained Maquis resistance forces in demolitions. She survived WW2. She and her husband moved to Quebec and they raised 6 children.
Sonya Butt (D'Artois) died Dec 21, 2014. Her obituary can be found here. (2/2) -
Following training, Sonya Butt parachuted into France on 5/28/44, 9 days before D-Day, to serve as a courier for the HEADMASTER circuit. She was an explosives expert and she trained Maquis resistance forces in demolitions. She survived WW2. She and her husband moved to Quebec and they raised 6 children.
Sonya Butt (D'Artois) died Dec 21, 2014. Her obituary can be found here. (2/2) -
May 14, 1924: On this date, Sonya Butt was born in Eastchurch, Kent. She spent much of her childhood in France & was fluent in French.
At age 17, she joined the British Women’s Auxiliary Air Force and at age 19 she was recruited to the Special Operations Executive. During training she met & subsequently married Canadian SOE operative Guy D’Artois.(1/2)
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May 14, 1924: On this date, Sonya Butt was born in Eastchurch, Kent. She spent much of her childhood in France & was fluent in French.
At age 17, she joined the British Women’s Auxiliary Air Force and at age 19 she was recruited to the Special Operations Executive. During training she met & subsequently married Canadian SOE operative Guy D’Artois.(1/2)
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May 14, 1924: On this date, Sonya Butt was born in Eastchurch, Kent. She spent much of her childhood in France & was fluent in French.
At age 17, she joined the British Women’s Auxiliary Air Force and at age 19 she was recruited to the Special Operations Executive. During training she met & subsequently married Canadian SOE operative Guy D’Artois.(1/2)
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May 14, 1924: On this date, Sonya Butt was born in Eastchurch, Kent. She spent much of her childhood in France & was fluent in French.
At age 17, she joined the British Women’s Auxiliary Air Force and at age 19 she was recruited to the Special Operations Executive. During training she met & subsequently married Canadian SOE operative Guy D’Artois.(1/2)
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May 14, 1924: On this date, Sonya Butt was born in Eastchurch, Kent. She spent much of her childhood in France & was fluent in French.
At age 17, she joined the British Women’s Auxiliary Air Force and at age 19 she was recruited to the Special Operations Executive. During training she met & subsequently married Canadian SOE operative Guy D’Artois.(1/2)
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During a state of emergency, a local politician had his ass handed to him by school kids...
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During a state of emergency, a local politician had his ass handed to him by school kids...
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During a state of emergency, a local politician had his ass handed to him by school kids...