The Women Of SOE: Churchill's Favourite Spy

Photo: Members of the Maquis and British officers in the Queyras Valley, August 1944. Left to right: Gilbert Galletti, Captain Patrick O'Regan, Captain John Roper, Christine Granville (Countess Krystyna Skarbek), and Captain Leonard Hamilton (Blanchaert). Photo by Francis Charles Albert Cammaerts, Imperial War Museums (HU 57120), public domain.

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The Women Of SOE: Churchill's Favourite Spy

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Goalhanger

14 Jan, 2025

WW2 Pod We Have Ways

43 mins

SOE

The Secret War

Women in War

Espionage

Occupied Territories

Olympic skier, cigarette smuggler, countess, beauty queen, spy. Krystyna Skarbek was the first female agent of the Allied war effort, but far from the last. What drove women to join the fight against the Nazis, often deep into enemy-held territory and with nothing but their wits to aid them? Join James Holland and Al Murray as they talk to SOE expert, Clare Mulley, on a thrilling series about the extraordinary women of SOE in an epic, but overlooked, part of WW2 history.

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Meet the Speakers

James Holland

Historian, writer, and podcaster, specialises in World War II and hosts "We Have Ways" podcast.

Al Murray

Al Murray, comedian, writer, and historian, co-hosts the WWII podcast We Have Ways of Making You Talk and writes on

Clare Mulley

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