Name: Secrets of World War II
Released: 2011-04-18T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Alisdair Simpson, Jon Wennington, Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse

Available on Tubi TV

From May 1940 until June 1944, Europe was overrun by the Nazis, in order to combat this Churchill set up the Special Operations Executive to 'set Europe ablaze’. This is the story of the operations, accounts of espionage and those spies who waged this secret war and set Europe alight.

Documentary · 2011 · 51 min

Starring Alisdair Simpson , Jon Wennington , Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse

Director Elliot McCaffrey , Serena Davies

EPISODE 1

The Special Interrogation Group

In the desert of north Africa in the summer of 1942 a small band of soldiers were selected by the British for a unique mission.

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EPISODE 2

Hardy Amies and the Belgian Hit List

An insight into Ratweek, an operation of assassinations without trial in Belgium by the UK's special ops team.

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EPISODE 3

The Mafia Connection

With the fate of the free world in the balance, the U.S. government turns to the head of the New York Mafia for help, and gets far more than they bargained for in return.

49 min · Jan 3, 2012
EPISODE 4

Double Agent Tricycle

A wealthy lawyer, debonair ladies man, consummate actor and fearless gambler, Dusko Popov plays the role of playboy to become one of Germany's most-trusted spies.

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EPISODE 5

The Banker, the Norwegians & the Bomb

Sir Charles Hambro and the two operations, Grouse and Gunnerside, that he oversaw that helped stop the Nazis from developing nuclear technology.

49 min · Jan 31, 2022
EPISODE 6

The Scholar and the Fight for Greece

Monty Woodhouse wrote his name in history by helping to destroy the Gorgopotamos Bridge in 1942 to disrupt German supply routes in occupied Greece.

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