The two Dutch secret agents, Pieter Dourlein and Johan “Ben” Ubbink, who were the first SOE agents to escape from the prison at Haaren, were assisted by the Smit-van der Heijden line to cross into Belgium.
- Cookridge, E.H., Inside S.O.E., The First Full Story of Special Operations Executive in Western Europe, 1940-1945, London: Arthur Barker Ltd., 1966.
- Dourlein, Pieter, Inside North Pole: A Secret Agent’s Story, London: William Kimber, 1953.
- Giskes, H.J., London Calling North Pole, NY: Time-Life Books, 1990. For more on this, see http://spyinggame.me/2011/03/16/london-calling-north-pole-by-h-j-giskes-1953/.
- Kelso, Nicholas, Errors of Judgment, SOE’s Disaster in the Netherlands, 1941-44, London: Robert Hale, 1988.
- Marks, Leo, Between Silk and Cyanide, A Codemaker’s War, 1941-1945, New York: Touchstone Book, 2000.
- Van der Veer, Willem, De Koninklijke Marechaussee-Agenten en Het England-Spiel, Buren: Marechaussee Museum, 1993. (Brief accounts of the marechaussees who were among the Englandspiel agents who were killed.)
- Visser, Frank, De Schakel, Baarn, The Netherlands: Forum Boekerij, Ad.M.C. Stok, 1976.
- Wolters, Jo, Dossier Nordpol, Het Englandspiel Onder de Loep, Amsterdam: Boom, 2003. (Has an English language summary at the end.)
- For additional information on Englandspiel, see the website Englandspiel by Adri Wijnen: http://www.englandspiel.nl/index.php?taal=en
Dad was hillcat in belgium. Am interested in this because of proceedures explainef in his book
Dear Mr. Doneux,
I am unclear what you want me to do. You mention a book. What book? What is a hillcat?
Best wishes, Bruce Bolinger
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