'It is impossible to imagine M.R.D. Foot's position as the pre-eminent historian of SOE ever being challenged.' Antony Beevor SOE's operations in Nazi-occupied Europe were crucial to the outcome of the War. SOE's Belgian and Dutch operations have always been considered highly controversial because of the notorious 'Englandspiel' ('The English Game') run by the Germans which took control of the entire resistance organisation in Holland. Skilfully manipulated by Colonel Herman Giskes, the enemy arrested dozens of Dutch agents and operated their wireless sets to fool SOE's headquarters in London...