Dispatches - Humans of the Secret War
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SOE recruitment officer makes the fate of her agents her post-war mission
Posted on Dec 2, 2015She returned to Germany multiple times, interviewing Nazi war-crime suspects and eventually tracked down what happened to 117 SOE agents.
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Even in wartime, Christmas cheer prevails
Posted on Dec 2, 2015One of the best stories to come out of Bangsboll’s mission in Europe comes from his own hand, as he tells the story of a wartime Christmas celebration in December of 1944.
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The Ontario P.O.W. who snuck out of German hands
Posted on Dec 2, 2015A run-in with a Polish kitchen worker almost gave him up, but she either didn’t see Joe, or chose to keep quiet and let him continue his escape.
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The Canadian agent who walked out of a Hungarian prison disguised as a Pole
Posted on Dec 2, 2015Andy Durovecz was one of the eight Hungarian-Canadians who trained at Camp X, and was a journalist in his civilian life. He escaped from Zugliget prison in 1944.
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Orphan, war hero and family man lives on at 94
Posted on Dec 2, 2015Irv Refkin in considered one of the most prolific agents to have taken part in the war effort. Now 94, he lives in the San Diego area and has three children.
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Young businessman turned daring parachute instructor
Posted on Nov 25, 2015Wooler took part in 300 hundred practice jumps, often for the purposes of testing out new equipment — a dangerous undertaking which almost killed him on more than one occasion.
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If you betray this man, he will find you
Posted on Nov 25, 2015Allyre Sirois was dropped into France and discovered soon after landing that his handler had been betrayed by a double agent. Sirois made it his mission to hunt him down.
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Brave Hungarian-Canadian finds no luck in war
Posted on Nov 25, 2015Alex Vass was captured when he parachuted deep behind enemy lines in Hungary, directly into a German controlled circuit.
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The Saskatchewan bush pilot who became a master of disguise
Posted on Nov 25, 2015Disguised as a railway worker, Taschereau and a team of saboteurs once managed to plant bombs in twenty-two locomotives in a single night.
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The man who didn’t exist
Posted on Nov 25, 2015Killed in a plane crash and his true identity lost, the story of Steve Mate, the man who didn't exist.
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