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At the outbreak of the war, Gubbins served with a British liaison mission in Poland, where he witnessed Nazi Germany’s offensive power and also began fostering relationships with what soon became the Polish General Staff in exile, Britain’s essential link to the Polish resistance.

Woolls-Sampson

Prime Minister Winston Churchill also recognized the power of using irregular forces to combat the Wehrmacht in conjunction with regular military operations. In July 1940, he charged a new organization, the Special Operations Executive (SOE), with the mission to “set Europe ablaze.”9 For the next several years, British agents assisted local resista

This collection of essays represents a first step toward examining the nature of hybrid conflicts more closely. We have defined hybrid warfare as conflict involving a combination of conventional military forces and irregulars (guerrillas, insurgents, and terrorists), which could include both state and nonstate actors, aimed at achieving a common po