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Women secret agents in Nazi-occupied France

Women secret agents in Nazi-occupied France

FromHistory Extra podcast


Women secret agents in Nazi-occupied France

FromHistory Extra podcast

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Length:
41 minutes
Released:
Jun 18, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Kate Vigurs discusses the 39 female agents of the Special Operation Executive’s F-section, a diverse cohort of women recruited to carry out resistance work in occupied France during the Second World War – from wireless operation to crucial planning for D-Day. (Ad) Kate Vigurs is the author of Mission France: The True History of the Women of SOE (Yale, 2021). Buy it now at Bookshop.org: https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&xcust=historyextra-social-hexpod&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.bookshop.org%2Fbooks%2Fmission-france-the-true-history-of-the-women-of-soe%2F9780300208573
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Released:
Jun 18, 2021
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