I n a very BBC-like attempt at balance, Channel 4’s WW2: Women on the Frontline included a Nazi in its stories of female spies. Alongside the likes of Noor Inayat Khan, the British SOE agent ...

The new movie takes inspiration from the remarkable stories of women spies serving during World War II. Here's the real history behind A Call to Spy.

The SOE’s leaders were readier than the old boys of MI5 and MI6, the foreign-intelligence agency, to grant that women enjoyed certain advantages.

Victories in World War II weren’t just achieved by men. A cohort of courageous women worked as spies and operatives in intelligence agencies around the world, risking their lives to seek out ...

By the time Hardy Amies linked up with the SOE, he was already a well-known staple of Britain’s fashion industry. The Fashion Designer Who Became a Lethal Spy Chief During World War II ...

A long-secret network of tunnels 100 feet below the streets of London could be the city’s next big tourist destination ...

TV; TV News; World War 2; Female WW2 spy betrayed by double agent shouted single word of defiance before death A new Sky History docu-drama, The Lost Women Spies, uncovers the incredible stories ...

"Women are the hidden figures of D-Day," says Rose, who started researching the history of women in combat and was surprised to learn that their roles dated back to World War II.

For SOE women, espionage in France was very much about teamwork. While Inayat Khan was compromised and executed, for the most part the SOE’s civilian programme for women was a success.

It is shocking that it wasn’t until 60 years after VE Day before the nation honoured the Women of World War II in a monument unveiled by the late Queen Elizabeth in 2005. Her Majesty had served ...

A long-secret network of tunnels 100 feet below the streets of London could be the city’s next big tourist destination.