History's Secret Heroes: Series 1: Charity Adams and the 6888

History's Heroes

BBC

Documentary, History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 704 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Major Charity Adams, the first African American woman to be commissioned in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, arrives in Birmingham, England, to sort out an enormous problem.

Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two. Join her for incredible tales of deception, acts of resistance and courage.

A BBC Studios Podcast production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.

Producers: Clem Hitchcock and Elaina Boateng Executive Producer: Paul Smith Written by Alex von Tunzelmann

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0:00.0	He tells her that she will be sent to France as a secret agent, and if she's caught, she's going to be shot.
0:09.3	I'm Helen Obalam Carter, and this is history's secret heroes, where I shine a light on extraordinary stories from World War II.
0:17.6	What they wanted was someone to get themselves arrested and sent to Auschwitz.
0:22.0	Tales of deception, an incredible acts of resistance and courage.
0:26.3	She was a born soldier.
0:27.4	She's a freedom fighter in its widest sense.
0:29.9	The brand new series of History's secret heroes.
0:32.8	Listen first on BBC Sounds.
0:36.4	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:40.6	You're about to listen to brand new history's secret heroes.
0:45.0	New episodes will be released weekly, but if you're in the UK and can't wait,
0:49.6	you can hear the full series right now before anyone else.
0:53.1	First on BBC Sounds.
0:56.9	A bitterly cold morning at the end of January, 1945, major charity Adams felt the chilly air
1:04.7	sweep through the rickety C-54 military cargo plane she had boarded less than an hour before.
1:11.9	They had taken off from Washington, D.C. Adams did not know where they were going.
1:18.0	She was told, you have an assignment to go overseas, report to this air terminal.
1:23.8	So here she is, this young woman about 25, 26 years old.
1:29.9	She wasn't sure where she was going or what she had to do.
1:33.5	In her hands, she held the answer.
1:36.9	She received a brown envelope and says,
1:39.7	do not open it until you get on the plane.
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