SOE Operatives: The Secrets of Their Success

Hear from Carina Evans as she highlights the key characteristics and personality traits that made the Special Operations Executive (SOE) such an effective force.

Formed in 1940, the Special Operations Executive was an underground army that waged a secret war in enemy-occupied Europe and Asia during the Second World War. The men and women who served demonstrated incredible courage and resourcefulness in their guerrilla war.

But what were the key qualities, traits and characteristics that made these individuals such formidable operatives, especially when faced with such difficult challenges and the real possibility of capture and execution?

In this exciting talk, Carina Evans will offer an insight into the individuality of SOE operatives, while also looking at underlying factors such as their background, upbringing and mindset.

About the speaker

Carina Evans

Carina Evans is an amateur historian studying Military History with Buckingham University. She specialises in resistance operating models and the Special Operations Executive.