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British spies in WW2: everything you wanted to know

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Is There a Star in the Second World War?

Espionage can be found in all arenas of the Second World War. British double agents were sent into Western Europe to carry out deception. MI9 helped run escape lines across Western Europe, Far East and Middle East. Men and women behind enemy lines would help get our airmen and soldiers back. Those same escape lines used to smuggle out intelligence.

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