SOE Expeditions, Comrie (2026)

20/10/2026

CHURCHILL’S SECRET WARRIOR WEEKEND— LONDON 🇬🇧

Join us this April for an immersive journey into the hidden world of Britain’s wartime secret warriors.

Uncovering the people, places and stories that shaped Churchill’s secret war.

Over the weekend, we’ll go beyond the famous landmarks and explore wartime memorials, historic hotels, headquarters and hidden corners of London.

Follow in the footsteps of SOE agents, intelligence officers, resistance fighters and escape-line organisers.

Discover the places where agents were recruited, trained, briefed and prepared for missions across occupied Europe.

We’ll explore the extraordinary story of Churchill’s Special Operations Executive, its agents and the networks they built with the French Resistance.

And to make the experience truly unique, the weekend will include exclusive VIP access to a very special venue.

Offering our group an opportunity to step inside a location with a remarkable wartime connection.

From Whitehall and Churchill’s wartime London to the secret world of SOE and the French Resistance, this is more than a history tour.

It’s a chance to walk in the footsteps of Churchill’s Secret Warriors and uncover the London they knew.

Limited places available. Join us this April and learn their story. Click link for details.

https://soeexpeditions.com/soe-london-1

19/10/2026

Operation Anthropoid – 85th Anniversary Expedition. May 26th 2027.

Join us next year in Prague as we commemorate the 85th anniversary of Operation Anthropoid, one of the most daring special operations of the Second World War.

In December 1941, two Czechoslovak soldiers Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš were parachuted into N**i-occupied Czechoslovakia as part of a mission planned by the Czechoslovak government-in-exile with support from the British Special Operations Executive (SOE).

Their objective was to eliminate Reinhard Heydrich, the N**i “Protector” of Bohemia and Moravia and one of the architects of N**i terror.

On 27 May 1942, the attack took place in Prague. Gabčík and Kubiš ambushed Heydrich’s vehicle, seriously wounding him. Heydrich died from his injuries on 4 June 1942.

Following the assassination, the N**i regime launched brutal reprisals, including the destruction of the villages of Lidice and Ležáky, mass arrests, and executions.

The surviving members of the operation and other Czechoslovak parachutists took refuge in the Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Prague.

On 18 June 1942, they fought a final stand against overwhelming German forces before being killed.

Join us as we follow the route of courage and sacrifice, from the landing sites, the assassination location, the resistance network, and the church where the final battle took place.

Discover the story of the men who dared to strike at the heart of N**i power and the legacy they left behind.

With WW2 weapons range package it's going to be very special.

https://soeexpeditions.com/soe-prague

16/10/2026

MONTGOMERY’S LEFT HOOK 🇳🇿 | NORTH AFRICA 4X4 EXPEDITION - 18–27 APRIL

Follow in the footsteps of legends on an unforgettable 4x4 desert expedition retracing the campaigns of the New Zealand Division, the Long Range Desert Group and Montgomery’s audacious left hook in Tunisia during the Second World War.

From the vast North African desert to the rugged heights of Takrouna, we explore the ground where Allied forces fought desperate battles against Axis forces in the final campaign for North Africa.

Expect remote desert tracks, historic battlefields, military history brought to life and an adventure well beyond the ordinary.

This is more than a battlefield tour. It is an opportunity to experience the terrain, understand the tactics and follow in the footsteps of the men who fought across one of the most unforgiving landscapes of the war.

10 DAYS. 4X4 DESERT ADVENTURE. EXTRAORDINARY HISTORY.

📍 Tunisia and the North African campaign
📅 18–27 April

Join SOE Expeditions and follow in the footsteps of legends.

Get in touch to find out more.

14/10/2026

8th - 18th March 2027

Follow in the ski tracks of the legendary Kompani Linge commandos on the famous Operation Gunnerside route.

One of the most audacious sabotage missions of the Second World War.

On the night of 27–28 February 1943, a small team of Norwegian resistance fighters, trained and supported by Britain’s Special Operations Executive (SOE), launched an extraordinary mission against the German-controlled Vemork heavy water plant in occupied Norway.

Across the Hardangervidda: The commandos crossed the vast, frozen Hardangervidda plateau on skis, battling extreme winter conditions and some of Norway’s most unforgiving mountain terrain.

Rather than attempting the heavily guarded bridge, the team descended into the deep Måna gorge, crossed the icy river below and climbed the steep cliffs on the opposite side to reach the plant.

They entered the facility undetected and placed explosives on the heavy-water production equipment. The charges destroyed the electrolysis chambers and approximately 900 kg of heavy water.

The sabotage was carried out without a firefight. The Commandos withdrew before the Germans could effectively respond.

The team split up after the operation. Several members made extraordinary journeys across the mountains, with some ultimately skiing hundreds of kilometres to Sweden.

Heavy water was essential to Germany's nuclear research. The destruction at Vemork dealt a major setback to the German effort to produce and stockpile it.

Operation Gunnerside became one of the most famous SOE operations of WWII. Combining special operations, mountaineering, skiing, endurance and resistance warfare in one extraordinary mission.

Today, you can step into their story and ski across the same unforgiving landscape, following the route and experiencing the terrain that tested these men to their limits.

Are you tough enough to follow in the ski trails of legends?

🇳🇴 Operation Gunnerside, Norway Attack Route.

Join us next year, limited spaces remaining. See website for details.

10/10/2026

PADDY MAYNE, SRS, COMMANDOS, AIRBORNE & RANGERS.

This November, join SOE Expeditions and follow in the footsteps of the men who spearheaded the Allied campaign in Sicily in 1943.

The legendary Paddy Mayne and his SRS raiders brought their unique brand of special operations to the Mediterranean, operating behind enemy lines and striking Axis positions.

BRITISH COMMANDOS, Raiding, reconnaissance and hard fighting as the Allied forces pushed across Sicily.

British Airborne. The 1st British Airborne Division launched Operation Ladbroke, landing by glider in Sicily ahead of Operation Husky. Their mission was to seize the Ponte Grande bridge near Syracuse and open the way for the Allied invasion. Despite difficult flying conditions, scattered landings and heavy losses, the airborne troops displayed remarkable courage and determination.

82ND AIRBORNE, American paratroopers dropped behind enemy lines as Operation Husky began, landing scattered across Sicily and immediately fighting Italian and German forces.

US RANGERS, Darby's Rangers stormed ashore at Gela and Licata, seized key objectives and fought inland against determined Axis resistance, including German and Italian armoured counterattacks.

From the beaches and landing grounds to the mountains and inland battlefields, Sicily became a brutal proving ground for Allied special operations, airborne forces and elite infantry.

This isn't simply a battlefield tour. We'll follow the ground where these men fought, examine the operations that shaped the campaign and bring the battlefield to life.

SICILY 1943, SPECIAL OPERATIONS, AIRBORNE, RANGERS

Join us 16th - 20th Nov. Come and learn their story. Click link for details.

https://soeexpeditions.com/sicily-srs-paddy-mayne

08/10/2026

SAS & LRDG — NORTH AFRICA 85TH ANNIVERSARY

15–25 November 2026

Join us in Egypt as we follow in the footsteps of the men who pioneered modern special operations in the deserts of North Africa.

From Cairo to Alexandria, El Alamein, Siwa Oasis and the Great Sand Sea, we’ll retrace the story of the SAS and Long Range Desert Group across the terrain where their legend was forged.

In July 1941, David Stirling established L Detachment, Special Air Service — initially just a handful of officers and around 60 men. Their mission was simple: strike deep behind enemy lines, attack Axis airfields and disrupt the enemy’s ability to fight.

Their first parachute operation in November 1941 ended in disaster, but the SAS adapted. Working with the LRDG, they began penetrating hundreds of miles into the desert to attack enemy targets under cover of darkness.

By 1942, SAS raids were hitting Axis airfields across the Western Desert. The legendary Sidi Haneish raid in July saw SAS jeeps attack an enemy airfield and destroy dozens of aircraft.

85 years later, we follow their tracks.

11 days.
North Africa.
SAS. LRDG. Desert warfare.
The battlefields, airfields and landscapes where the story began.

Spaces are now LIVE.

Don’t miss the opportunity to experience this extraordinary chapter of Special Forces history for yourself.

Follow in the footsteps of legends.

Don't miss out places going fast. See website for details.

https://soeexpeditions.com/north-africa-sas-%26-lrdg

08/10/2026

DAY 2 — FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF VIRGINIA HALL

The Pyrenees.

In November 1942, Virginia Hall was one of N**i Germany’s most wanted Allied agents.

Following the Allied landings in North Africa, German forces moved into Vichy France. Hall knew the net was closing and made the decision to escape Lyon.

She travelled south by train to Perpignan before heading into the mountains with a guide.

Ahead lay the Pyrenees — in winter, on foot, and with Hall carrying an extraordinary disadvantage.

Her left leg had been amputated below the knee following a hunting accident in 1933. She called her prosthetic leg “Cuthbert.”

Hall crossed a mountain pass at around 7,500 feet, walking for two days and reportedly covering up to 50 miles.

Her own account records a route through Villefranche and Lavelanet, before crossing into Spain near Sant Joan de les Abadesses. The exact pass remains uncertain in the historical record.

The journey was brutal. Her prosthetic leg caused severe pain and injury as she crossed the mountains.

And yet she made it.

On reaching Spain, Hall was arrested for entering the country illegally and spent time in custody before the American Embassy secured her release.

She eventually returned to Britain and later joined the newly formed OSS, returning to France in 1944 to organise resistance networks ahead of D-Day.

Today, our team follows in her footsteps across the Pyrenees.

Not simply a mountain trek.

A journey through the ground crossed by one of the most remarkable clandestine operatives of the Second World War.

Virginia Hall.
The Limping Lady.
SOE agent. OSS operative.
A woman who refused to stop.

Join us next year on the 85th anniversary and follow in the footsteps of legends.

https://soeexpeditions.com/france-virginia-hall

05/10/2026

ELITE RAIDERS — SCOTLAND

FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF WW2 LEGENDS

Scotland became one of the great training grounds for Allied special operations during the Second World War.

At Achnacarry, more than 25,000 men passed through the Commando Basic Training Centre between 1942 and 1945, training for some of the most demanding operations of the war.

Across the Highlands and west coast, the landscape was used to prepare men for warfare behind enemy lines.

SOE personnel trained in the remote west Highlands in sabotage, communications, fieldcraft and clandestine operations.

Men destined for the SAS also trained in Scotland. In 1944, the SAS brigade was based in Ayrshire, preparing for operations in occupied France alongside French formations and other Allied special units.

And Scotland wasn't just preparing raiders.

Combined Operations forces trained for the coming invasion of Europe, with sites such as Sheriffmuir near Stirling used to rehearse assaults against replica German Atlantic Wall defences before D-Day.

This was where skills were developed, teams were forged and men prepared for missions that would take them behind enemy lines across Europe.

From Achnacarry to Ayrshire. From the Highlands to the training ground to the battlefield.

Our Elite Raiders Scotland expedition takes you into that history.

Not just looking at it, walking it, training in it understanding it.

Join us next year as we follow in the footsteps of legends.

04/10/2026

VIRGINIA HALL: INTO THE MOUNTAINS

The team are in Toulouse, preparing to head south into the mountains, following the story of one of the most extraordinary SOE agents of the Second World War.

Virginia Hall was an American from Baltimore. She lost her left leg below the knee in a hunting accident in 1933 and walked with a prosthetic she called "Cuthbert".

In 1941 she arrived in Lyon as SOE's first female agent in France, working under cover as a New York Post reporter.

As "Marie", she built the Heckler network, organised safe houses, arranged parachute drops and helped Allied airmen and agents escape.

The Gestapo hunted her as "the limping lady", and Klaus Barbie's Lyon Gestapo made her a priority target.

In November 1942, as the Germans occupied the south, she fled. She crossed the Pyrenees into Spain on foot over several days, in winter, with an artificial leg, and was held briefly by Spanish authorities before reaching safety.

She went back. In 1944 she returned to France with the American OSS as "Diane", working in central France.

She helped arm and train Resistance fighters and coordinated sabotage of railways and bridges, and her groups played a part in disrupting German movements as the Allied advance came.

She received the Distinguished Service Cross, the only American civilian woman to receive it in the Second World War, along with an honorary MBE and the Croix de Guerre.

Our route now takes us south from Toulouse into the foothills and the mountains, following the terrain, tracks and landscapes where clandestine networks operated and the Resistance fought its underground war.

Just the mountains, the routes and the history.
Join us next year on the 85th anniversary.

Follow in the footsteps of legends.

03/10/2026

KASSERINE & DOUGGA — REMEMBERING THE FALLEN.

Today we stood among two very different chapters of Tunisian history.

At Kasserine Pass, the mountains became the scene of some of the fiercest fighting of the Tunisian Campaign in February 1943.

On 14 February, German forces launched a major offensive against the U.S. II Corps. After the battles around Sidi Bou Zid and Sbeitla, Axis forces pushed through Kasserine Pass on 20 February and continued towards Thala and Tébessa.

The fighting cost the U.S. II Corps more than 6,000 casualties, including around half captured. The Americans also lost 183 tanks, 104 halftracks and approximately 200 guns during the wider Kasserine battle.

But the advance was stopped.

British armour and American artillery played a crucial role in halting the Axis advance towards Thala, while Allied resistance stiffened across the front. By 22 February the German offensive had failed and the Axis forces began withdrawing.

Kasserine was a hard lesson for the Americans. Within weeks, the U.S. II Corps had been reorganised and retrained, with George S. Patton taking command in March.

Just a short distance away stands Dougga, one of North Africa's remarkable ancient archaeological sites.

Roman Dougga was already nearly 2,000 years old when the soldiers of 1943 passed through this landscape. Today its temples, theatre and ancient streets provide a striking contrast to the battlefields of the Tunisian Campaign.

Two very different histories. One landscape.

And beneath the ancient stones and across the mountain passes, there are still so many stories.

Of men who came from Britain, America, Germany, France, Italy and across the Commonwealth , many of whom never returned home.

Gone but not forgotten. RiP Warriors.

Lest we forget.

Join us next year and learn their story.

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