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    History's Secret Heroes

    History's Secret Heroes

    History's Secret Heroes

    ratings:
    Length:
    22 episodes
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Description

    Helena Bonham Carter shines light on extraordinary stories from World War Two.
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Episodes1 - 10 of 22 episodes

    Title

    20. Manfred Gans and X Troop

    Manfred Gans joins an elite, secret unit of Jewish commandos to take on the Nazis with ...

    30 minutes
    		Jun 03, 2024

    19. The Enigmatic Emily Anderson

    Emily Anderson led a double life. This shy musicologist from Galway was also a top code...

    28 minutes
    		May 27, 2024

    18. Andrée De Jongh and the Comet Line

    A 24-year-old Belgian woman masterminds an escape line, spanning eight hundred miles of...

    29 minutes
    		May 20, 2024

    17. Charles Drew and the Blood Bank

    Charles Drew, an American doctor, led the creation and use of blood banks, saving count...

    28 minutes
    		May 13, 2024

    16. Raymond Gurême: Escape Artist

    A young circus performer from a traveling family in France breaks out of an internment ...

    29 minutes
    		May 06, 2024

    15. Josefina Guerrero: The Maid of Manila

    After contracting Hansen’s Disease, then known as leprosy, Josefina Guerrero makes a re...

    28 minutes
    		Apr 29, 2024

    14. The Unbreakable Navajo Code

    A group of Native American soldiers use their language to devise a secret code for the ...

    29 minutes
    		Apr 22, 2024

    13. Christine Granville: The Spy Who Skied In from the Cold

    Thrill-seeker Christine Granville offers to ski across enemy lines and over the deadly ...

    28 minutes
    		Apr 15, 2024

    12. Flying High with Johnny Smythe

    In Sierra Leone, navigator Johnny Smythe becomes one of the first West African airmen t...

    29 minutes
    		Apr 08, 2024

    11. The Extraordinary Cook Sisters

    How did Ida and Louise Cook, two opera-loving sisters from England, help dozens of Jewi...

    29 minutes
    		Apr 01, 2024