WWII Spy Violette Szabo Szabo was married to a French Foreign Legion officer Etienne Szabo. He was killed in action in 1942 and Szabo joined the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) in 1943, vowing to do as much damage to the enemy as possible. She trained as a courier for missions in occupied France. She reorganized a resistance unit, damaged roads and bridges, and sent back regular reports. She talked herself out of trouble a couple of times, but her luck ran out after she parachuted int

In the final episode of our podcast "Secret WWII: Spies & Special Ops," hear how the Allies' deception plans and clandestine operations obscured their invasion intentions and reduced German defenses ahead of the Normandy landings. Listen now on our website or wherever you get your podcasts. https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/podcasts/secret-wwii-spies-special-ops/part-5-d-day-and-deception | The National WWII Museum