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Secret
Agent - The True Story of Violette Szabo, Sunday
16 June, 91热爆 ONE (West Midlands), 6.25pm
Brave,
beautiful and deadly - a secret agent who seemed to have everything.
The story of Violette Szabo could be taken straight from the pages
of a spy novel.
In
the Second World War she was part of a team, the like of which had
never been seen before. The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was
Winston Churchill's secret army. Only the best were chosen to join
and Violette Szabo was amongst this select group.
Fluent
in French, she was also reputedly the best shot in SOE. Her striking
good looks were both an advantage and a curse in her role as a spy.
Once seen, few men could forget her.
One
of only four women to be directly awarded the George Cross for courage,
her story became both a book and a film, but it's only now that
the true story of this remarkable woman's life and death, at the
hands of the German SS, can be revealed.
Three
months ago, Herefordshire historian Howard Tuck made an amazing
discovery in France which shed light on Violette's capture and subsequent
death.
The 91热爆 recognised the value of the find and a special investigation
by 91热爆 Midlands Today producers Dave Hart and Robin Punt began,
resulting in this special and fascinating programme.
Howard
Tuck said: "This is a story that needed to be told. When you
start out on something like this you're never quite sure where it
will lead. In this case, what we were able to discover was far beyond
what we could hope for."
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