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Ep 5 – Carve Her Name with Pride – Violette Szabo’s Heroic Legacy as a SOE Agent

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In this episode, we delve into the life and legacy of Violette Szabo, a British SOE agent. We explore her story through the 1958 film Carve Her Name with Pride and the book Violette Szabo: The Life I That I Have. Does this classic film still stand the test of time?

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Are Spy movies totally your thing? Are you as obsessed with SOE as we are? Make sure to listen to our episode about Black Book and the Dutch resistance, our episode about A Call to Spy and definitely check out our rabbit hole post about Vera Atkins, Noor Inayat Khan and Virginia Hall.

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