Everything about Peter Churchill totally explained
Peter Morland Churchill (
1909 -
1972) was an
SOE officer during the
World War II. His code name was "
Michel".
Peter Churchill was born in
Amsterdam on
January 14 1909. In
Cambridge University he mainly excelled in athletic pursuits.
After the outbreak of
World War II he became an
intelligence officer and joined the
Special Operations Executive. In January
1942 he was landed by submarine at
Miramar in
France to supply and evaluate the
Carte circuit of the
Maquis and
French Resistance. When he returned to
England, he was promoted to Captain.
In August
1942 Churchill went to
Montpellier,
34, in France to organize and coordinate the
Spindle Network. He developed a close relationship with his radio operator
Odette Sansom. Spindle Network directed aerial delivery of supplies to Maquis. However, many resistance members disapproved of Churchill's flamboyant lifestyle and his tactlessness with his contacts. Spindle transferred to Annecy network.
Eventually
Abwehr infiltrated the network. Churchill went to England on
23-24 March 1943 and parachuted back into the mountains above
Saint-Jorioz on the banks of
Lake Annecy on
15 April. Next day,
16 April,
Hugo Bleicher of Abwehr arrested him and Sansom in St Jorioz.
Churchill and Sansom claimed they were a married couple and related to
Winston Churchill. They were tortured and sent to concentration camps but avoided execution throughout the war.
Churchill and Sansom were married in
1947 and were divorced in
1956. Peter Churchill died in
1972.
Peter Churchill's memoirs:
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