A “Normandy” camera, one of the small number made to record the D-Day landings.

Wishing WWII veteran Peter Kent a very happy 99th birthday. 🎈

A Second World War radio for the American Office of Strategic Services (OSS).

It came with a civilian suitcase for a secret agent to hide the radio and travel undetected at eye glance.

23.4.24: we’re really looking forward to hearing Helen Fry | WWII Historian talking about her book: Women in Intelligence this coming week!

Please contact our office to be on the waiting list for tickets
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Pop up book shop from Nomad Books

A few days before the start of World War Two, Secret Intelligence Service Spymaster Thomas Joseph Kendrick arrived at the Tower of London The Tower of London to trial a top secret operation: German prisoners’ cells were to be bugged and listeners installed behind the walls to record

Helen Fry | WWII Historian Looking forward to seeing you at Ognisko Polskie!

Another sold out event!!

See you all there soon Ognisko Polskie.

The paperback version of ‘Women in Intelligence’ is due out on 25th June 2024.

Assigned to the Intelligence Corps in post-WWII Germany, the place of his birth, Herman Rothman conducted interrogations of Nazi war criminals and guards from Auschwitz, as well as political prisoners, including individuals who were inside Hitler's bunker during his suicide.

I was happy to contribute to Issue 106 of Wartime magazine, ‘1944’, about WOMEN AND DECEPTION during the Second World War. Aust War Memorial

Available for purchase in Australia! 🇦🇺

The answer is 'False'.

Vera Atkins was an intelligence officer for SOE & agent handler, but not an agent herself.

Wow! Gobsmacked, over the moon, admire Helen's writing prowess, exceptional regards untold stories of espionage especially women. 👍

The popularity and interest in this post only proves to me the importance as a historian to continue the work in preserving our veterans' stories and safeguarding their true narratives.

You can read Willy Field's life story in 'From Dachau to D-Day': amzn.to/3vXbRrM

Congratulations to the randomly selected winner Dougzy, a bit like Banksy but with a D yet zy. 😉!

One personalised, signed copy of 'The London Cage' will be coming your way.

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The popularity and interest in this post only proves to me the importance as a historian to continue the work in preserving our veterans' stories and safeguarding their true narratives.

You can read Willy Field's life story in 'From Dachau to D-Day': amzn.to/3vXbRrM

Signature of Vernon Kell, the first Head of MI5.

At the onset of World War II, British Intelligence established a clandestine interrogation centre within the affluent district of Kensington Palace Gardens: 'The London Cage.'

Explore Varian Fry's covert activities as a British spy during 1940/41, rescuing Jews and British POWs across the Pyrenees into Spain, detailed in my MI9 book!

After Kristallnacht, 10 November 1938, Willy went to work as usual in Bonn in Germany – the city where he had been born in 1921. When he arrived at the factory the Gestapo were waiting for him and arrested him. He was sent to prison in Cologne and from there transported to Dachau

After Kristallnacht, 10 November 1938, Willy went to work as usual in Bonn in Germany – the city where he had been born in 1921. When he arrived at the factory the Gestapo were waiting for him and arrested him. He was sent to prison in Cologne and from there transported to Dachau