History often hides its most daring stories in the shadows. One of them is a tale of Britain’s “ministry of ungentlemanly warfare,” which was recently brought to the big screen by English filmmaker Guy Ritchie. It is certainly a tale worth knowing.
Behind enemy lines of World War II, in occupied towns and hostile harbors, ordinary people became extraordinary operatives, waging a war that was anything but conventional. Their mission was not about glory or parades; it was sabotage, deception, and the quiet, ruthless disruption of an enemy bent on domination.
Who were these people? Why were they recruited in the first place? And how do their actions still echo through society today? Click on this gallery to find out.