Female Spies of WWII

In the opening episode, we are introduced to the first brave female spies who executed their missions while evading the Gestapo 'spy hunters' in occupied France.

Noor Inayat Khan, Yolande Beekman and Yvonne Cormeau were trained together as radio operators; these women were instrumental in organising and communicating with the Allied forces in London.

The Allies weren't the only ones playing cloak and dagger; the Axis powers had their own intricate web of spies operating in enemy territory. We look at Lily Stein, Hilde…

We explore the hidden stories of the female spies at work across Japan, China and India including Chinese princess Yoshiko Kawashima, Elizabeth 'Betty' McIntosh, and Elizabeth Choy.

The Resistance in France was thrown into chaos in 1943; despite facing tough treatment by their German captors, female SOE officers showed amazing strength.

As the Allies cornered the Nazis, D-Day loomed and the Russians dominated the East, the SOE deployed their best agents to help free France; these were the war's boldest and…