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Re: Churchill and Stephenson SOE mission - 1943
Posted by: Platon Alexiades ()
Date: January 26, 2019 03:41PM

Hello Solan,

No submarine was sent to Sweden in 1943. At least no British submarine was involved as the threat of mine in the Kattegat was too great to consider it. The capture of HMS Seal in May 1940 was a sobering lesson. The only time that British submarines were planned to enter the Baltic was on 13th March 1940 when a late attempt was made to assist the Finns (operation R.3). However, Finland signed the armistice with the Soviet Union on the same day and this removed the justification of the operation. AFAIK no Soviet submarines were involved in special operations with British agents.

I remember reading also that Sir William Stephenson was picked up by a British submarine in Norway in 1940 but this also does not appear to be supported by facts.

Best regards,

Plato

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Re: Churchill and Stephenson SOE mission - 1943 Platon Alexiades 01/26/2019 03:41PM
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