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10. Arslan Rezniqi and the Besa Code
How did Arslan Rezniqi, an Albanian merchant, save hundreds of Jewish refugees?
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9. Jack King and the Fifth Column
A bank worker from Surrey joins MI5. His job is to infiltrate British Fascists.
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8. Skiing Commandos
Can a team of Norwegian men on skis destroy a water plant in time to stop a nuclear war?
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7. Bela Hazan and the Jewish Resistance
A young Polish woman named Bela Hazan goes undercover to fight against the Nazis.
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6. The Mystery of Garbo
One of World War Two’s most successful double agents is finally revealed.
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5. George Takei and the American Internment Camps
Why was George Takei and his family imprisoned without trial in 1942?
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4. Claude, Marcel and the Soldier with No Name
Two eccentric French artists perform an extraordinary act of resistance.
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3. Ghost Army
A secret army unit with one job: to put on a show, for an audience who wants to kill them.
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2. Charity Adams and the 6888
Major Charity Adams arrives in Birmingham, England, to sort out an enormous problem.
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1. Virginia Hall’s Great Escape
How did Virginia Hall mastermind one of World War Two’s most astonishing prison breaks?
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Welcome to History’s Secret Heroes
Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two.