Major General Sir Colin McVean Gubbins, KCMG, DSO, MC was the prime mover of the Special Operations Executive in the Second World War.
He was tasked in Churchill's words to set Europe ablaze.
SOE was set up to run insurgency/resistance operations to counter the nazis and free Europe from their tyranny.
Gubbins was also responsible for setting up the secret Auxiliary Units, a commando force based around the Home Guard, to operate on the flanks and to the rear of German lines if the United Kingdom were invaded during Operation Sea Lion, Germany's planned invasion.