S01E01 Courage and Betrayal
Stoic Vera Atkins was determined to build a network of female agents, Virginia Hall made a daring escape from France, Mathilde Carré was a treacherous double agent, Noor Inayat Khan was a Muslim princess turned...
Female Spies: Courage and Espionage in WWII
S01E05: Loyalty Tested
In occupied Manila, Claire Phillips was tasked with spying on Japanese soldiers in her nightclub. Peggy Utinsky and Naomi Flores joined the Filipino resistance movement to provide medicine and food to Allied prisoners of war. Yoshiko Kawashima, the Chinese princess, betrayed her country of birth to serve Japan, the country where she grew up. Betty McIntosh worked for a predecessor of the CIA and helped, among other things, to take action against Japanese soldiers. Peruvian Elvira Chaudoir served the British secret service as a double agent.
Overview
It's a little-known part of World War II history: in the Allied secret services, one in ten spies was a woman. A look back at the journeys of these women of exemplary bravery, who, risking their lives, played a decisive role in supporting the Resistance.
Episodes
S01E02 Infiltration
During World War II, women of all backgrounds work as spies: Krystyna Skarbek, the Polish aristocrat whose daring exploits earn her the title of "Churchill's favorite spy," Andrée de Jongh, the Belgian girl whose ambitious...
S01E03 All or Nothing
Many brave women defy societal norms and play a crucial role as spies during World War II. Australian Nancy Wake sacrifices her comfortable life to spy on the Gestapo, sisters Jacqueline and Eileen go undercover...
S01E04 Secret Heroines
They are the heroines and villains of the story: Hannie Schaft and Truus and Freddie Overseegen are Dutch girls who decide to take a ruthless revenge attack in the face of the Nazi occupation, Velvalee...
S01E05 Loyalty Tested
In occupied Manila, Claire Phillips was tasked with spying on Japanese soldiers in her nightclub. Peggy Utinsky and Naomi Flores joined the Filipino resistance movement to provide medicine and food to Allied prisoners of war....
S01E06 The New Age
Joey Guerrero was a Filipino spy who suffered from leprosy and extracted important information from Japanese soldiers. Marie Madeleine-Fourcade worked for the French and British secret services; after the war she became a member of...
