The Special Operations Executive was tasked by Winston Churchill to set Europe ablaze. More than 400 agents were sent into France, thirty-nine of them women.\nDr Kate Vigurs has researched the story of all these female agents for her book, Mission to France: The True Story of the Women of SOE. Kate joins Al and James to discuss their extraordinary stories.\nA Goalhanger Films production\nProduced by Paul King\nExec Producer Tony Pastor\nTwitter: #WeHaveWays\n@WeHaveWaysPod\nWebsite: www.wehavewayspod.com\nEmail: wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices