In 1939 Norman enlisted in the Hertfordshire Yeomanry , before transferring to the Special Operations Executive , joining a six-man team led by the journalist and explorer Peter Fleming . Their task formulated by Churchill , was to recruit Italian POWs in Egypt to the Allied cause , and then to hold back the German advance in Greece . Norman was badly wounded escaping from Greece , and on his return to England became an assistant military secretary in the War Cabinet offices ; he later attended the Potsdam Conference , and was promoted to lieutenant-colonel
Potsdam Conference
Potsdam Conference
Mark Norman (banker)