MI9 Unmasked, Part 1: Escape and Evasion | WW2

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SPYSCAPE

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.6 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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British historian Helen Fry joins Rhiannon Neads for the first installment of a two-part dive into one of the most crucial, but little-known intelligence forces of the Second World War - MI9. Charged with facilitating the escape of Allied POWs, MI9 employed various ingenious tactics - including, but not limited to, a chocolate gun. Yes, really. You'll meet the characters who made this organisation tick, from daring one-armed escapees to the inspiration for Ian Fleming's Q Branch. From SPYSCAPE, the HQ of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Max Bower. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:20.4	You'll meet the people who live life undercover.
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1:45.1	MI9 Unmasked, Part 1. Escape and Evasion.
1:50.0	East Germany, January 5th, 1942.
1:58.5	At the impregnable Nazi fortress, Coltitz Castle, guards whittle away the late-night hours, puffing on cigarettes.
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