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In the days after D-Day, deep behind enemy lines in Occupied France, how does one man's personal battle, turn the tide of the entire war?

Hear the story of Peter Ortiz - a legend of the French Foreign Legion, US Marines and the OSS Commandos. Ex CIA officer Nicholas Reynolds and journalist Katie Sanders team up to offer a glimpse into Ortiz's heady and action-packed WW2 service.

From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Justin Trefgarne.

Nicholas Reynolds and Katie Sanders are co-authors of Ortiz's War.

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During the Second World War, Vera Atkins sent hundreds of British spies into Occupied France. Some of them never came back - and nobody knew why. Vanessa Kirby shares the story of one woman's mission to find answers in the rubble of post-war Europe.

A Cup And Nuzzle production. Vera Atkins was voiced by Clare Wille. Series producer: Gemma Newby. Produced by Joe Foley. Music by Nick Ryan.
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Content Warning: This episode contains sex references.

In the second season of Brief Histories, True Spies producer Joe Foley is your guide to the shadowy side of the world's espionage capitals.

In Washington D.C, we'll meet the high-society ladies who worked for and against the young United States, go inside the groundbreaking Church Committee, and learn about the X-rated adventures of a beloved children's author.

From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets and skills. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley.
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Author Antonia Senior joins Morgan Childs to discuss the Cambridge Five - a British spy ring so notorious that aspects of their legacy have passed in to legend. Antonia's book, Stalin's Apostles, seeks to strip back the glamour and present their treachery in stark relief.

From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Morgan Childs.
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In September of 1943, thousands of British servicemen were being held in Italian PoW camps. When Mussolini fell, many stayed put, hoping to be liberated by an Allied advance. But others took their fates in to their own hands - melting into the Italian countryside.

These escapees are the subject of historian Karen Farrington's latest book, The Great Italian Breakout - and in this episode, you'll hear two very different approaches to the art of escapology.

From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Joe Foley.

Karen Farrington is the author of The Great Italian Breakout: The Most Audacious Escapes of the Second World War.

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