SOE

British

abbreviation

State Owned Enterprise

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Inverlair Lodge and similar SOE properties are said to have inspired the plot to 1960s TV drama The Prisoner, which starred Patrick McGoohan.

From BBC

War-time prime minister Winston Churchill enthusiastically supported the formation of SOE, and ordered its agents to "set Europe ablaze".

From BBC

SOE was disbanded after the war and Inverlair Lodge was vacated and fell into disrepair.

From BBC

The Shetland Bus convoys were part of the Norwegian branch of the SOE, supporting the resistance movement in Norway.

From BBC

Among the many loved ones Soe Nay Oo lost was one of his wife's cousins.

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