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Celebrity Spies, Part 3/3 - The Josephine Baker Effect | Deuxième Bureau

True Spies: Espionage | Investigation | Crime | Murder | Detective | Politics

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Celebrity Spy - Part Three: The Josephine Baker Effect

The year is 1940. The Nazis have overrun most of Europe. Only Great Britain stands in the way of total victory for Hitler and his murderous onslaught. Vichy France, as it became known, was a free zone, officially independent. It's policed by something called the Armistice Commission - an organisation set up by Berlin. Our guide through this incredible tale is acclaimed author Damien Lewis. He has written the definitive account of this episode's celebrity true spy, Josephine Baker.

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