Malcolm Atkin - Pioneers of Irregular Warfare

Pioneers of Irregular Warfare

Secrets of the Military Intelligence Research Department in the Second World War

Malcolm Atkin

First published in Great Britain in 2021 by

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1. Jo Holland (1938), head of MI(R).

2. Colin Gubbins, MI(R) and head of SOE.

3. Millis Jefferis, head of MI(R)c.

4. Laurence Grand, head of Section D, SIS.

5. Daniel Sandford in Ethiopia, January 1941.

6. Peter Fleming, MI(R) and XII Corps Observation Unit.

7. Alan Warrens MI(R) identity card.

8. Limpet mine, showing how it was carried by a diver to the target.

9. Grenade No. 74 ST the Sticky Bomb.

10. 29mm spigot mortar (Blacker Bombard).

11. Switch No. 1 Pull.

12. Switch No. 2 Pressure.

13. Switch No. 3 Release.

14. Switch No. 8 AP.

15. Switch No. 9 L Delay.

16. Autogyro, 1938.

17. Extract from How to Use High Explosives , 1939.

18. Webley Mk. VI revolver and Colt 1903 automatic pistol, as supplied to the Polish resistance.

19. Aerial photograph of Lochailort.

20. Inverailort Castle.

21. Silk escape map of Romania, produced by MI9.

22. Early miniature compass produced by MI9.

23. Ploisti oilfield under aerial attack, 1943.

24. Dymock Watson, head of MI(R) in Romania.

25. No. 4 Independent Company shoulder flash (reproduction).

26. Armed Puffer of the type used by the Gubbins Flotilla in Norway.