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E188 - Focus On: Emily Anderson
February 2026
Even amongst the distinguished ranks of WW2 codebreakers, Emily Anderson stood out. Recruited into military intelligence during WWI, he…
9 hours ago
E187 - Codebooks, Diplomats and Diamonds
January 2026
Rome: the 1930s, and the Italian secret services were having extraordinary success in reading the messages sent by rival countries’ dipl…
1 month ago
E186 - Top Secret Misinformation - Part 5
December 2025
This is the fifth instalment of our annual episode where we celebrate the oncoming festivities of the snowy season - religious or secula…
2 months, 1 week ago
E185 - Reaping the Whirlwind
November 2025
During the second half of World War 2, the Allied air forces launched a large-scale heavy bomber offensive against German cities and w…
3 months ago
E184 - The SIS at BP
October 2025
Today GCHQ is an independent British intelligence organisation. However during World War 2, GC&CS, as it was then called, continued to …
4 months ago
E183 - 'Ladies & gentlemen, go your ways!'
September 2025
In 1945, Britain celebrated VE Day in May and VJ Day in August, as the war - first in Europe and then the Far East - came to an end. …
5 months ago
E182 - "… and Peace at Last"
August 2025
On 15 August 2025 the UK commemorated the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, the day on which the surrender of Japan and the end of World War T…
6 months ago
E181 - Blitzkrieg in Burma
July 2025
By late 1944, the tide had turned against the Japanese in south-east Asia, with the repulse of their attempted invasion of India. However,…
7 months ago
E180 - Dire Straits
June 2025
In May 1945 the Royal Navy fought its last surface action against the Japanese fleet, sinking the cruiser Haguro in the Mallaca Strait, of…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
E179 - Dollis Hill Days
May 2025
During World War Two, Bletchley Park collaborated with several external engineering institutions in developing the famous codebreaking mach…
8 months, 4 weeks ago