MI9 Unmasked, Part 1: Escape and Evasion | WW2
Feb 18, 2025•38 min•Season 1Ep. 252
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Summary
This episode unmasks MI9, a secret British intelligence unit crucial in WWII, focusing on its creation, personnel, and daring operations. It details the ingenuity of Q Branch in creating escape tools, the establishment of escape lines across Europe, and the incredible stories of escaped soldiers like Jimmy Langley and Aerie Neve. However, the episode also covers the dangers of betrayal, as seen with Harold Cole.Episode description
British historian Helen Fry joins Rhiannon Neads for the first installment of a two-part dive into one of the most crucial, but little-known intelligence forces of the Second World War - MI9.
Charged with facilitating the escape of Allied POWs, MI9 employed various ingenious tactics - including, but not limited to, a chocolate gun. Yes, really.
You'll meet the characters who made this organisation tick, from daring one-armed escapees to the inspiration for Ian Fleming's Q Branch.
From SPYSCAPE, the HQ of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Max Bower.
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