Marie-Madeleine Fourcade was the head of the Réseau Alliance - the largest French Resistance Intelligence Network in France during WWII - providing essential information to the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS/MI6). She was unique and her story in my view is unmatched. In this episode we hear of her train journey through the Pyrenees to meet MI6 in Madrid, her questioning by the Vichy government, the escape of General Giraud from France to join General Eisenhower, her first arrest and escape and of the expansion of her Alliance Network up until January 1943.

Actual voices of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade and her MI6 attaché Kenneth Cohen, MI6 Wireless Operator Ferdinand Rodriguez and Alliance Agent Jean Boutron.

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Marie-Madeleine Fourcade was the head of the Réseau Alliance - the largest French Resistance Intelligence Network in France during WWII - providing essential information to the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS/MI6). She was unique and her story in my view is unmatched. In this episode we hear of her colourful early life in Shanghai, Morocco and Paris and the beginnings of the Alliance Network up until December 1941.

Actual voices of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade and her MI6 attaché Kenneth Cohen.

Podcast written, narrated and produced by Gary Weight.

© Gary Weight 2023

These podcasts are made in my own time and given for free, however, if you enjoy listening and feel you would like to help me financially to continue this work please donate via either Patreon or Paypal using the links below, thank you. Donations and Patreon subscriptions give access to exclusive content plus photographs, maps and background material relevant to each podcast. This will also help me to keep these podcasts 'ad-free'!!

Patreon Support: https://www.patreon.com/yourpapersplease

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Penicillin was available and issued to the Allies in time for D-Day. It undoubtedly saved thousands of lives and post-war became the most important drug of the 20th Century. But how was Penicillin discovered and what part did it play in World War II? Professor Sarah Gurr explains.

Podcast written, narrated and produced by Gary Weight.

Special Guest: Professor Sarah Gurr.

© Gary Weight 2023

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