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Peter Morland Churchill DSO Croix de Guerre (1909 – 1972) was an SOE Officer in France during World War II. He was a brother of Group Captain Walter Churchill DSO DFC and Major Oliver Churchill DSO MC, who was also an SOE Officer during World War II. His father was William Algernon Churchill (1865–1947) a British Consul who served in Mozambique, Amsterdam, Pará, in Brazil, Stockholm ...
Peter Churchill. Peter Churchill, the son of a consular officer, was born in Amsterdam on 14th January, 1909. He attended Cambridge University where he was an outstanding athlete and played for his country at hockey. During the Second World War he became an intelligence officer and eventually joined the Special Operations Executive (SOE).
Peter Churchill’s works are then compared to those of other novelists of his time, uncovering a range of connections with other related authors and literary genres. After the war, Churchill was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the Croix de Guerre; his wife Odette, who worked with him as an underground courier during the war, was the first woman to receive the George Cross.
Peter Churchill has 317 books on Goodreads with 333 ratings. Peter Churchill’s most popular book is Duel of Wits.
Peter Churchill (1909-1972) était un agent du service secret Special Operations Executive pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Ses missions l'amenèrent quatre fois en France. Il dirigea le réseau SPINDLE dans le sud-est de la France. Il fut arrêté et déporté par les Allemands, mais survécut.
Duel of Wits. Duel of Wits is a book written by Peter Churchill, DSO, Croix de Guerre, published in 1953. It was the second of three books describing his wartime experience in the French section of the Special Operations Executive in which he was infiltrated four times into occupied France and spent 225 days behind enemy lines before he was ...
21 de oct. de 2015 · Duel of Wits, first published in 1953 (and including the contents of the earlier published book Of Their Own Choice) is Peter Churchill's account of his experiences with the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in France during World War II.The SOE, similar to the American OSS (predecessor of the CIA) was formed to conduct espionage and sabotage in occupied Europe, and to aid local resistance ...
