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British spies in WW2: everything you wanted to know
Episode 1527

British spies in WW2: everything you wanted to know

From ingenious gadgets to audacious plots, historian Helen Fry answers listener questions on British espionage in the Second World War

HistoryExtra podcast · Immediate

December 11, 202254m 5s

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Show Notes

From ingenious gadgets to audacious plots, historian Helen Fry answers listener questions on British espionage in the Second World War. Speaking to Ellie Cawthorne, she explores how agents were recruited and the ways spy networks worked, discusses just how dangerous espionage operations were, and delves into plots involving dummy corpses and exploding rats.

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