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History's Secret Heroes: Series 1: Virginia Hall’s Great Escape

History's Heroes

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Virginia Hall's Story

Virginia Hall became the first female agent in SOE's French division. She was recruited by Nicholas Bodington, a senior officer in Special Operations Executive. Her training taught her how to make invisible ink and fire a gun. After training she returned to Vichy France with a cover story that she was a correspondent for the New York Post. But her real mission was to recruit agents for the resistance.

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