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Special Operations Executive Operational Stores Handbook: English Language Version Paperback – September 6, 1942

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Under its nondescript plain cardboard covers, the WWII-era Special Operations Executive Operational Stores Handbook contained sabotage, explosives and weapons instructions as well as a vocabulary of standard SOE operational stores, complete with illustrations of the various devices and their use.

The handbook was divided into seven different, colour-coded sections, each in a different language -

  • English,
  • French,
  • Dutch,
  • Norwegian,
  • Danish,
  • Polish, and
  • German.

It is the English section and accompanying illustrations reproduced here.

The instructions were simple and to the point and in SOE’s style, were suited for use by untrained or barely trained guerrillas, but were also a valuable refresher for more experienced personnel.

The vocabulary of stores found in the “contents” section of the handbook provided standard equipment item numbers and designations, as well as the designation of the standardised stores cell the items would be found in within the main stores containers. This information greatly simplified the process of requesting stores from London to be parachuted into occupied territory.

Very hard to find, this is, as far as is known, the first time this enigmatic little handbook has been printed as a paperback since the end of the Second World War.

The pamphlets in this series are:

  • The Art of Guerilla Warfare
  • The Partisan Leader's Handbook
  • How to use High Explosives
  • Special Operations Executive Operational Stores Handbook
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    62 pages
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  3. Publication date
    September 6, 1942
  4. Dimensions
    5 x 0.14 x 8 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    1976343429
  6. ISBN-13
    978-1976343421
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (September 6, 1942)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 62 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1976343429
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1976343421
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.56 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.14 x 8 inches
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James Flint
5.0 out of 5 stars A Wealth of Knowledge in Four Small Books
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2017
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Great historical pieces!!!! CA Brown has provided a very important service in making these books available to the public. All of these little volumes, along with the SOE instruction manual, WE Fairbairn's 'All In Fghting' and 'How to be a Spy--the SOE Training Manual', provides a fairly comprehensive view of the techniques taught to those brave souls of WWII who acted as saboteurs and assassins against the fascist Nazis and could actually be of value in today's world of liberal fascism and their buddies, the democrat party and Muslim terrorist invaders.
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richard
5.0 out of 5 stars SOE handbook
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 3, 2019
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Difficult to read at my age but superb original information. Recommend it to anyone interested.
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