Episode 365 - Virginia Hall: The WW2 Super Spy
Nicknamed "Artemis" and "The Limping Lady" by Nazi Germany, Virginia Hall was, without a doubt, one of the most effective—and certainly the most feared—Allied spies during the Second World War. She helped countless POWs escape and funneled a constant stream of weapons into and information out of Nazi-occupied Europe. Her contribution is almost unfathomable, yet most people don't even know her name.
This is her story.
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Sources:
A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell (ISBN:9780349010168)
BBC Sounds - History’s Secret Heroes - Virginia’s Hall’s Great Escape:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001mcbk
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/stories/virginia-hall/
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/24/books/review/sonia-purnell-woman-no-importance-virginia-hall.html
https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/virginia-hall-the-courage-and-daring-of-the-limping-lady/
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