Glider
Captain
Sorry about any dissapointments everyone
As for their effectiveness I believe the truth is a bit of both.
The attack on the Wurtzberg Radar was a definate success. It had a millitary aim and achieved it as well as waking the Germans up.
The SOE missions had a large measure of success that proved of great assistance in the war and tied the Germans down. Not all of them but a good many. They also gave good intel as to developments for example, parts of the V2 were smuggled back long before they started firing them at the UK.
No doubt a good few were mainly for propaganda and morale benefits but these shouldn't be ignored.
German forces in Europe couldn't have been that happy knowing that the British were moving men and materials in and out of the continent almost at will.
Look at it the other way. Just after the fall of France the whole of the UK was at best very jumpy about an invasion, as worst close to panic. If the Germans had launched a few hit raids, the impact may well have been mainly on the morale of the population, but what an impact it might have been.
As for their effectiveness I believe the truth is a bit of both.
The attack on the Wurtzberg Radar was a definate success. It had a millitary aim and achieved it as well as waking the Germans up.
The SOE missions had a large measure of success that proved of great assistance in the war and tied the Germans down. Not all of them but a good many. They also gave good intel as to developments for example, parts of the V2 were smuggled back long before they started firing them at the UK.
No doubt a good few were mainly for propaganda and morale benefits but these shouldn't be ignored.
German forces in Europe couldn't have been that happy knowing that the British were moving men and materials in and out of the continent almost at will.
Look at it the other way. Just after the fall of France the whole of the UK was at best very jumpy about an invasion, as worst close to panic. If the Germans had launched a few hit raids, the impact may well have been mainly on the morale of the population, but what an impact it might have been.