Section D of MI6

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Section D of MI6 was a pre–Second World War British intelligence unit responsible for planning and conducting sabotage and subversive activities against enemy states.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Section D of MI6 canonical 1
Special Operations Branch of MI6 1

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Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British intelligence unit
sabotage organization
activityStart late 1930s
conflict World War II
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom
designedFor clandestine operations
irregular warfare
dissolved 1940
headquartersLocation London, England
surface form: London
historicalPeriod interwar period
historicalSignificance precursor of British wartime sabotage organizations
inception 1938
jurisdiction enemy states of the United Kingdom
mainFunction conducting sabotage
covert operations against enemy states
planning sabotage
subversive activities
mergedInto Special Operations Executive
notableCommander Lawrence Grand
Major Lawrence Grand
opposedTo Axis powers
Nazi Germany
parentOrganization UK government
surface form: British government
partOf Secret Intelligence Service
surface form: MI6

Secret Intelligence Service
relatedOrganization Section V of MI6
Special Operations Executive
scope pre–Second World War
successor Special Operations Executive

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Special Operations Executive precededBy Section D of MI6
SOE successor Section D of MI6
this entity surface form: Special Operations Branch of MI6