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Special Operations Executive
The
Special Operations Executive
(
SOE
) was a
British
World War II
organisation. Following
Cabinet
approval, it was officially formed by
Minister of Economic Warfare
Hugh Dalton
on 22 July 1940, to conduct
espionage
,
sabotage
and
reconnaissance
in
occupied Europe
(and later, in
occupied Southeast Asia
also) against the
Axis powers
, and to aid local
resistance movement
s.
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