Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars Fry Helen
Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars Fry Helen A groundbreaking history of women in British intelligence, revealing their pivotal role across the first half of the twentieth…
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Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars Fry Helen
A groundbreaking history of women in British intelligence, revealing their pivotal role across the first half of the twentieth centuryFrom the twentieth century onward, women took on an extraordinary range of roles in intelligence, defying the conventions of their time. And, back in Bletchley and Whitehall, women's vital administrative work in MI offices kept the British war engine running.In this major, panoramic history, Helen Fry looks at the rich and varied work women undertook as civilians and in uniform. Across both world wars, far from being a small part of covert operations, women ran spy networks and escape lines, parachuted behind enemy lines, and interrogated prisoners.
From spies in the Belgian network "La Dame Blanche," knitting coded messages into jumpers, to those who interpreted aerial images and even ran entire sections, Fry shows just how crucial
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