Catalogue description DANUBE RIVER

Details of Subseries within HS 5
Reference: Subseries within HS 5
Title: DANUBE RIVER
Date: 1939-1972
Administrative / biographical background:

A significant area of activity for the Special Operations Executive in the Balkans concerns the disruption of enemy communications and supply routes along the Danube river. This was mainly achieved by the enticement in 1940 of the 'Iron Gates' pilots from their employment with the International Danube Commission by payment of a lump sum and a verbal guarantee by HMG of a monthly salary to the enticed pilots on condition that they did not work on the river throughout the war.

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