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Station 12

Name: Station 12
Brand: The History Press
SKU: 39767677
Price: 8.94 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Des Turner
ISBN: 9780752468181

SOE's Secret Weapons Centre

Des Turner

Language

English

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Libristo code: 39767677

Publishers The History Press, September 2011

The full story of Aston House in the Second World War has never been told before. Its activities wer... Full description

Libristo code: 39767677

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The full story of Aston House in the Second World War has never been told before. Its activities were top secret and as important to the Allied war effort as those of Bletchley Park, but in a different way. Situated near Stevenage, Aston House was one of many British country houses requisitioned during the Second World War by the Special Operations Executive (SOE). Born out of Bletchley Park, where it began life as SIS Section 'D' (for Destruction), Station 12's scientific and military personnel invented, made and supplied 'toys' for the Commandos, Special Boat Service, SAS, and resistance groups. Included in their deadly arsenal of weapons were plastic explosives, limpet mines, pressure switches, tree spigots, incendiary bombs, incendiary liquids and arrows, and a variety of time fuses. They worked on the tools for famous operations, such as the St Nazaire and Dieppe Raids, and the assassination of Himmler's deputy in Prague. Also revealed are the human stories of personnel stationed in this extremely remote village and the explosive pranks they played on each other, and certain visitors, which add some light relief to their destructive purpose.