How Women Won WWII: Sabotage and a Jewish Spymaster
About this episode
The episode explores the role of women, particularly Vera Atkins, in espionage during World War II.
It's time to return to the art of espionage. During World War II, Prime Minister Winston Churchill understood that boots on the ground were only one piece of the puzzle to drive out the enemy. In order to sabotage German operations across Europe, he knew Britain needed to build an army of secret agents. And one of its most successful leaders was a Romanian-born Jewish woman named Vera Atkins.
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