SOE Expeditions
@soe-expeditions.bsky.social
Delivering WW2, SOE & Special Forces endurance and adventure based expeditions across Europe and Asia. Come follow in the footsteps of legends. www.soeexpeditions.com
The Comet Line helped over 776 Allied airmen evade capture, guiding them through occupied Belgium, France, and Spain with a network of over 3,000 civilian resistance members.
Join us as we follow in their footsteps this Sept. #cometline #france
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Join us as we follow in their footsteps this Sept. #cometline #france
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The Comet Line Escape Route - Pyrenees, France. WW2 historical trekking holiday.
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July 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The Comet Line helped over 776 Allied airmen evade capture, guiding them through occupied Belgium, France, and Spain with a network of over 3,000 civilian resistance members.
Join us as we follow in their footsteps this Sept. #cometline #france
youtube.com/shorts/2U9KU...
Join us as we follow in their footsteps this Sept. #cometline #france
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This week in history, July 1940 the British government created one of the most daring and unconventional organizations of WW2: the Special Operations Executive (SOE).
Operating in secrecy, SOE agents carried out sabotage, espionage, and guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines.
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Operating in secrecy, SOE agents carried out sabotage, espionage, and guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines.
www.soeexpeditions.com
July 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
This week in history, July 1940 the British government created one of the most daring and unconventional organizations of WW2: the Special Operations Executive (SOE).
Operating in secrecy, SOE agents carried out sabotage, espionage, and guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines.
www.soeexpeditions.com
Operating in secrecy, SOE agents carried out sabotage, espionage, and guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines.
www.soeexpeditions.com
80 years on, honouring the fallen remembering the sacrifice of the eight aircrew members and four OSS Operators.
Who in March 1945 lost their lives when their B-24 Liberator crashed while resupplying Operation Rype.
Gone but not forgotten. RIP warriors. #rype
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Who in March 1945 lost their lives when their B-24 Liberator crashed while resupplying Operation Rype.
Gone but not forgotten. RIP warriors. #rype
soeexpeditions.com/norway-80th-...
March 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
80 years on, honouring the fallen remembering the sacrifice of the eight aircrew members and four OSS Operators.
Who in March 1945 lost their lives when their B-24 Liberator crashed while resupplying Operation Rype.
Gone but not forgotten. RIP warriors. #rype
soeexpeditions.com/norway-80th-...
Who in March 1945 lost their lives when their B-24 Liberator crashed while resupplying Operation Rype.
Gone but not forgotten. RIP warriors. #rype
soeexpeditions.com/norway-80th-...
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ICYMI, this photo is of the 228th Infantry Regiment of the IJA 38th Division in the New Territories, Hong Kong, on 8 December 1941 after crossing the border from Shenzhen.
Source: www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/...
Source: www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/...
March 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
ICYMI, this photo is of the 228th Infantry Regiment of the IJA 38th Division in the New Territories, Hong Kong, on 8 December 1941 after crossing the border from Shenzhen.
Source: www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/...
Source: www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/...
Learning about SOE & Commando skills on our latest instalment following in the footsteps of legends. With @drkatevigurs.bsky.social
Starts 29th March soeexpeditions.com/elite-raider...
#ww2 #sas #soe #elite #raiders #historical #adventure #Scotland #heroes
Starts 29th March soeexpeditions.com/elite-raider...
#ww2 #sas #soe #elite #raiders #historical #adventure #Scotland #heroes
December 8, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Learning about SOE & Commando skills on our latest instalment following in the footsteps of legends. With @drkatevigurs.bsky.social
Starts 29th March soeexpeditions.com/elite-raider...
#ww2 #sas #soe #elite #raiders #historical #adventure #Scotland #heroes
Starts 29th March soeexpeditions.com/elite-raider...
#ww2 #sas #soe #elite #raiders #historical #adventure #Scotland #heroes
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First day on @soe-expeditions.bsky.social. Scottish SOE and commando course. Just stopped at the David Stirling memorial. #SAS #whodareswins #heroes
November 29, 2024 at 12:26 PM
First day on @soe-expeditions.bsky.social. Scottish SOE and commando course. Just stopped at the David Stirling memorial. #SAS #whodareswins #heroes
Paying our respects to the SAS fallen at Fayid cemetery Commonwealth War Graves
"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them."
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"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them."
soeexpeditions.com/north-africa-s…
November 26, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Paying our respects to the SAS fallen at Fayid cemetery Commonwealth War Graves
"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them."
soeexpeditions.com/north-africa-s…
"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them."
soeexpeditions.com/north-africa-s…
Good luck, Dan, on your upcoming ing challenge, looks epic.
And what a challenge/ adventure this is going to be!!
Counting down the days until 12th July 2025!!
14 days in the wilderness/500kms of remote alpine river 🛶
SOLO
All in aid of our UK veterans 🇬🇧
Link in the comments 🙏😃
Counting down the days until 12th July 2025!!
14 days in the wilderness/500kms of remote alpine river 🛶
SOLO
All in aid of our UK veterans 🇬🇧
Link in the comments 🙏😃
November 22, 2024 at 9:50 AM
Good luck, Dan, on your upcoming ing challenge, looks epic.
Channelling wartime nostalgia at the Cecil Hotel in Alexandria.
Made famous during WW2 as Monty’s haunt and immortalised by the classic film "Ice Cold in Alex."
Following in the footsteps of legends across the Western Desert.
soeexpeditions.com/north-africa-s…#sasa#lrdgd#ww2w#Egyptpt
Made famous during WW2 as Monty’s haunt and immortalised by the classic film "Ice Cold in Alex."
Following in the footsteps of legends across the Western Desert.
soeexpeditions.com/north-africa-s…#sasa#lrdgd#ww2w#Egyptpt
November 16, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Channelling wartime nostalgia at the Cecil Hotel in Alexandria.
Made famous during WW2 as Monty’s haunt and immortalised by the classic film "Ice Cold in Alex."
Following in the footsteps of legends across the Western Desert.
soeexpeditions.com/north-africa-s…#sasa#lrdgd#ww2w#Egyptpt
Made famous during WW2 as Monty’s haunt and immortalised by the classic film "Ice Cold in Alex."
Following in the footsteps of legends across the Western Desert.
soeexpeditions.com/north-africa-s…#sasa#lrdgd#ww2w#Egyptpt
Join us this Feb as we follow in the footsteps of the SAS & LRDG and pay our respects to the fallen.
Gone but not forgotten.We will remember them.
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Gone but not forgotten.We will remember them.
soeexpeditions.com/north-africa...
Paid our respects to Jock Lewes whilst at the El Alamein Memorial earlier this month. David Stirling, said later of Lewes, "Jock could far more genuinely claim to be founder of the SAS than I.”#WW2 #SAS #History @soe-expeditions.bsky.social
October 30, 2024 at 7:51 AM
Join us this Feb as we follow in the footsteps of the SAS & LRDG and pay our respects to the fallen.
Gone but not forgotten.We will remember them.
soeexpeditions.com/north-africa...
Gone but not forgotten.We will remember them.
soeexpeditions.com/north-africa...
Zipping around in 4x4s over sand dunes is a blast today, but 80 years ago, it would’ve been a whole different vibe.
No air-con, and definitely no GPS, just an open-top vehicle with the sun blazing down and eyes peeled for German aircraft ready to strafe you.
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No air-con, and definitely no GPS, just an open-top vehicle with the sun blazing down and eyes peeled for German aircraft ready to strafe you.
soeexpeditions.com/north-africa...
October 20, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Zipping around in 4x4s over sand dunes is a blast today, but 80 years ago, it would’ve been a whole different vibe.
No air-con, and definitely no GPS, just an open-top vehicle with the sun blazing down and eyes peeled for German aircraft ready to strafe you.
soeexpeditions.com/north-africa...
No air-con, and definitely no GPS, just an open-top vehicle with the sun blazing down and eyes peeled for German aircraft ready to strafe you.
soeexpeditions.com/north-africa...
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In the tyre tracks of Rogue Heroes. On the hunt for the #WW2 landing grounds of Bagush and Sidi Haneish. All were raided by ‘L’ Detachment SAS in July 1942 @soe-expeditions.bsky.social
October 15, 2024 at 7:41 AM
In the tyre tracks of Rogue Heroes. On the hunt for the #WW2 landing grounds of Bagush and Sidi Haneish. All were raided by ‘L’ Detachment SAS in July 1942 @soe-expeditions.bsky.social
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The German Memorial at El Alamein. After over 80 years battlefield burials are still being discovered, the Germans being interned here #WW2
October 9, 2024 at 5:11 AM
The German Memorial at El Alamein. After over 80 years battlefield burials are still being discovered, the Germans being interned here #WW2
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The battle was named after El Alamein Railway Station. Today it still stands although it’s rather dilapidated. Always nice to compare Them & Now images @GuildofBG @SOE_Expeditions #WW2 #Battlefields
October 11, 2024 at 7:13 PM
The battle was named after El Alamein Railway Station. Today it still stands although it’s rather dilapidated. Always nice to compare Them & Now images @GuildofBG @SOE_Expeditions #WW2 #Battlefields
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The mighty Citadel of Saladin, Cairo. Used as a British garrison and base during #WW1 #WW2 and home to the #LRDG who used this fort as its formal HQ, workshops, stores and vehicle assembly area #SAS #Battlefields
October 11, 2024 at 8:32 PM
The mighty Citadel of Saladin, Cairo. Used as a British garrison and base during #WW1 #WW2 and home to the #LRDG who used this fort as its formal HQ, workshops, stores and vehicle assembly area #SAS #Battlefields
From the scorching desert sands of Africa to the icy winter plains of Norway.
Join us this February as we retrace the footsteps of the legendary Kompani Linge SOE operatives on Operation Gunnerside.
Are you tough enough to follow in their footsteps?
soeexpeditions.com/norway-attac... #soe #ww2
Join us this February as we retrace the footsteps of the legendary Kompani Linge SOE operatives on Operation Gunnerside.
Are you tough enough to follow in their footsteps?
soeexpeditions.com/norway-attac... #soe #ww2
September 5, 2024 at 9:27 PM
From the scorching desert sands of Africa to the icy winter plains of Norway.
Join us this February as we retrace the footsteps of the legendary Kompani Linge SOE operatives on Operation Gunnerside.
Are you tough enough to follow in their footsteps?
soeexpeditions.com/norway-attac... #soe #ww2
Join us this February as we retrace the footsteps of the legendary Kompani Linge SOE operatives on Operation Gunnerside.
Are you tough enough to follow in their footsteps?
soeexpeditions.com/norway-attac... #soe #ww2
We are looking forward to following in the footsteps of SAS and LRDG legends next month.
From Cairo to Alexandria, El Alemain, and Siwa.
Come learn their story. With historian and author @stevejchambers.bsky.social
See link here: soeexpeditions.com/north-africa...
#ww2 #sas #lrdg #warfare
From Cairo to Alexandria, El Alemain, and Siwa.
Come learn their story. With historian and author @stevejchambers.bsky.social
See link here: soeexpeditions.com/north-africa...
#ww2 #sas #lrdg #warfare
September 4, 2024 at 1:00 PM
We are looking forward to following in the footsteps of SAS and LRDG legends next month.
From Cairo to Alexandria, El Alemain, and Siwa.
Come learn their story. With historian and author @stevejchambers.bsky.social
See link here: soeexpeditions.com/north-africa...
#ww2 #sas #lrdg #warfare
From Cairo to Alexandria, El Alemain, and Siwa.
Come learn their story. With historian and author @stevejchambers.bsky.social
See link here: soeexpeditions.com/north-africa...
#ww2 #sas #lrdg #warfare
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Found this wonderful captured Italian map from Hellfire Pass to Tobruk, dated 1939. It is overprinted with motor vehicle and camel tracks, as used by the LRDG and SAS. It should come in handy for SOE Expedition’s October North Africa tour soeexpeditions.com/north-africa...
August 26, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Found this wonderful captured Italian map from Hellfire Pass to Tobruk, dated 1939. It is overprinted with motor vehicle and camel tracks, as used by the LRDG and SAS. It should come in handy for SOE Expedition’s October North Africa tour soeexpeditions.com/north-africa...
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Desert War fashion, LRDG style 😎
August 28, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Desert War fashion, LRDG style 😎
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“Two men are going to stop Rommel. One of them is Adolf Hitler who cannot give him enough fuel, and the other is me, who's going to blow up the little he has.”
Michael Caine & Nigel Davenport ‘Play Dirty’ in this 1960’s homage to the LRDG and SAS Desert War
Michael Caine & Nigel Davenport ‘Play Dirty’ in this 1960’s homage to the LRDG and SAS Desert War
August 30, 2024 at 6:55 PM
“Two men are going to stop Rommel. One of them is Adolf Hitler who cannot give him enough fuel, and the other is me, who's going to blow up the little he has.”
Michael Caine & Nigel Davenport ‘Play Dirty’ in this 1960’s homage to the LRDG and SAS Desert War
Michael Caine & Nigel Davenport ‘Play Dirty’ in this 1960’s homage to the LRDG and SAS Desert War
Just joined, how exciting.
Join us as we follow in the footsteps of WW2 legends and learn their story.
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#soe #ww2 #historical #endurance #experience #sas #lrdg #sbs #worldwar2 #special #forces
Join us as we follow in the footsteps of WW2 legends and learn their story.
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#soe #ww2 #historical #endurance #experience #sas #lrdg #sbs #worldwar2 #special #forces
September 4, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Just joined, how exciting.
Join us as we follow in the footsteps of WW2 legends and learn their story.
Www.soeexpeditions.com
#soe #ww2 #historical #endurance #experience #sas #lrdg #sbs #worldwar2 #special #forces
Join us as we follow in the footsteps of WW2 legends and learn their story.
Www.soeexpeditions.com
#soe #ww2 #historical #endurance #experience #sas #lrdg #sbs #worldwar2 #special #forces