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Frenchman robert maloubier was an agent in churchills special. Soe hero robert bob maloubier, otherwise known as the french james bond. Captain robert bob maloubier was an agent of the french section of the special operations executive, or soe. His final battle was against his illness and he fought to the end, widow mariehelene france told afp, adding that maloubier died late on. Agent secret telecharger pdf e epub telecharger agent secret ebook gratuit livre pdf, epub. They and their two soe comrades organiser philippe liewer and wireless operator jeanclaude guiet had parachuted into the limousin area of france immediately after dday.
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Apr 21, 2015 captain robert bob maloubier, who died on monday night aged 92, was an agent in churchills special operations executive soe, a secret army created to set ablaze occupied europe. Robert bob maloubier, otherwise known as the french james bond and as churchills secret agent, led a. Upon retirement a word he hated he took up writing, recounting his life in the soe, with books like the secrets of dday. Robert maloubier dso mbe 2 february 1923 20 april 2015 was a french secret agent who worked for the british special operations executive soe in world war ii. See more ideas about history, books and world war two. French soe hero robert maloubier the history press. Buy a discounted hardcover of soe hero online from australias leading online bookstore. Bbcs the secret agent, 1992 yup, the bbc was all over this book back in 92. There is now believed to be only one former french soe agent still alive. His courage in the face of danger and his determination to survive were simply extraordinary.
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