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Major-General Sir Colin McVean Gubbins, KCMG, DSO, MC (2 July 1896 – 11 February 1976) was the prime mover of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in the Second World War.
19 de feb. de 2019 · Commissioned into the artillery, Gubbins spent most of the First World War on the Western Front. He was repeatedly wounded, including being shot through the neck. He was awarded the Military Cross after digging comrades out of the mud under fire following a German artillery attack.
SOE's director of operations was Commando officer Brigadier Colin Gubbins whose interest in irregular warfare originated from his service during the Irish War of Independence (1919-21). Gubbins had also been involved in planning to establish a sabotage force to work behind the lines during any German invasion of Britain.
11 de mar. de 2021 · Colonel Colin Gubbins was appointed to command. Gubbins’ role was to extend this prototype force to each of the vulnerable counties in England, Scotland, and Wales. Eventually, around 4,500 men would be recruited, from the Outer Hebrides to the tips of Cornwall and south Wales.
29 de feb. de 2016 · The history of the SOE’s doctrinal origins is Colin Gubbins’s story. By telling that story, Rediscovering Irregular Warfare amplifies and clarifies our understanding of the Second World War—and...
30 de sept. de 2016 · The first complete biography of Britain’s WWII spymaster presents an intimate look at his life and career, as well as an insider’s look at the SOE. Major General Sir Colin Gubbins was the driving...
Rediscovering Irregular Warfare: Colin Gubbins and the Origins of Britain's Special Operations Executive. By Linderman, A. R. B.. University of Oklahoma Press. 2016. xii + 272 pp. $29.95.
