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Historian obsessed with writing women into history. Knows a thing or two about espionage, spies and war. DEBUT BOOK #HerSecretService Rep’d by @northbanktalent

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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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I am delighted to share the beautiful cover of my debut book, Her Secret Service: The Forgotten Women of British Intelligence, published by @wnbooks @orionbooks on 24 October 2024. You can pre-order #HerSecretService ➡️
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When I think of the word #courage and what it means in the context of the Second World War, I instantly think of SOE's first female radio operator sent into occupied France. Her name was Noor Inayat Khan (1914-1944). #knowherstory #HERstory #spyhistory
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#OTD 13 September 1944, four courageous SOE agents were executed in Dachau concentration camp. The bravest of the brave: Yolande Beekman (32 yrs), Madeleine Damerment (26 yrs), Noor Inayat Khan (30 yrs) and Eliane Plewman (26 yrs). We Remember #HerSecretService
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BOOK GIVEAWAY #HistoryWritersDay24 #JamesBondDay I'm giving away one signed copy of my debut book, Her Secret Service: The Forgotten Women of British Intelligence, to one lucky winner. The book tells, for the first time, the story of the 'real' Miss Moneypenny, Kathleen
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So proud of my daughter (9yrs) who has chosen Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford as her hero of the pandemic for @RoyalMail #Herostamps competition. I think it’s FAB but I guess I’m biased 🙃 ❤️
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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EXCITING #Book News! Miss Moneypenny: The Forgotten Women of British Intelligence will be published by @wnbooks @orionbooks 2024. It is an honour to shine a bright light on a group of remarkable women whose stories have yet to be told #IWD2022 #WomensHistoryMonth @NorthbankTalent
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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A rare photo of Virginia Hall later in life where her prosthetic leg “Cuthbert” is visible. Virginia was an amazing woman - #SOE #OSS agent & @CIA officer. During #WW2 she was fearless. When I think of the words #bravery and #courage I think of her. #spyhistory #HERstory
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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I spy #Caturday ! Claudette Blance, an intelligence officer in the French Resistance (Maquis) & a lieutenant in the Free French Army holds her cat whose attention is elsewhere. Claudette’s house was used as a 'safe house' by the 'Jude' Jedburgh Team, 1944 [IWM HU 62468] #HERstory
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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#Wednesday #WomeninBritishIntel Constance 'Babs' Babington Smith (1912-2000) was a pioneer in photographic interpretation. During #WW2 she set up an aircraft interpretation section that became part of the Central Interpretation Unit based at RAF Medmenham.
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Forget #BondJamesBond and his impeccable suits - check out the women of #MI5 at the end of #WW1 They had style! #spyhistory #HERstory
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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After years of research, here is the real MI6 ‘secretary’ who inspired Ian Fleming’s Miss Moneypenny character. Kathleen Pettigrew is finally getting the recognition she so rightly deserves #HerSecretService @wnbooks ⁩ ⁦ @NorthbankTalent
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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#Spyhistory #Christmas #Calender Day 18. The ultimate #Xmas party hat worn by Constance Babington Smith at the aerodrome Garden Party, 8 May 1938. She worked as a photographic interpreter in the Allied Photographic Intelligence Unit #Medmenham #SpiesintheSky #WW2 #HERstory
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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#remebranceday Edith Cavell (1865-1915) was a brave nurse who helped hundreds of British, French & Belgian soldiers escape the Germans. She paid the ultimate price. In 1915, she was arrested, tried & executed by a German firing squad in Brussels #WeWillRememberThem #HERstory
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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“Women are like teabags – you don’t know how strong they are until you put them in hot water” - Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962), American first lady and United Nations diplomat #HERstory
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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#OTD #spyhistory 2 January 1942, cryptographers @bletchleypark broke the Enigma key known as “Kite” (Oberquartiermeister Maschinenschlüssel). This key contained the German Army’s most secret supply messages between Berlin & the Eastern Front. #WW2
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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There is something about this cover/type of wartime intelligence file that makes intelligence historians (moi) feel like all your Christmases have come at once! #spyhistory Doesn’t get much better than this folks!
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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I am delighted to share that I have recently been appointed as a trustee of the Medmenham Collection - what an honour! The collection covers the history of military aerial photographic interpretation & imagery analysis - work that was vital to the Allied intelligence effort #WW2
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Today I am attending a special preview event of @bletchleypark newest & biggest exhibition yet - 'The Intelligence Factory'. Women were key to ensuring Station X could operate on an industrial scale from 1942-to 45. I have the honour of talking about this👇on a special panel👀
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Good morning folks! I present the Imperial typewriter @bletchleypark ❤️
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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My mission for 2021 is to try my hardest to shine a brighter light on the role & contributions of women in British intelligence - the ‘missing dimension’ in intelligence history. So folks, this means moving well beyond Mata Hari! My twitter feed will be largely devoted to this!
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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#spyhistory #AdventCalendar #Day7 On 7 December 1942, SOE 'special agent' Marie Christine Chilver alias 'Agent Fifi' spotted her prey in a Liverpool café. José Tinchant failed the SOE training exercise as he revealed all his secrets, incl. details of his Belgium sabotage mission!
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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#Twitterstorians I am delighted to announce that I have received a Janet Arnold Award from @SocAntiquaries & will be working with @adhistorian on a pilot research project exploring 'SOE Spy Clothing: Dress & Deception during the Second World War' #spyhistory #excitingtimesahead
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Glamour. Style. Victory Red lipstick. This ATS anti-aircraft spotter photographed near London in 1943 sported a bold lip that conveyed a message of patriotism & resilience, taking a defiant stand against nazism/fascism. Hitler famously hated red 👄
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Please spend a moment to appreciate the AWESOME power-dressing of Pauline Cushman (1833-93) Actress & Union spy during the U.S. Civil War. President Lincoln awarded her the honorary rank of Brevet Major #HERstory #spyhistory
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Honoured. Remembered. The incredible women partisans in the Italian resistance #WW2 #HERstory
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Today my students @BGULincoln get to learn all about the remarkable Vera Atkins, Intelligence Officer in #SOE F-Section #WW2 She never wrote her memoir but did grant interviews. The one with @I_W_M is unforgettable. Take a listen
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#Spyhistory #Christmas #Calender Day 15. No baby Jesus in a manger, just the veteran SOE/OSS agent Virginia Hall sitting in the doorway of a farm stable. One of Virginia's faithful Poodles investigates the two newborn lambs she is holding. #HERstory
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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#InternationalWomensDay #IWD Honouring all those women in British Intelligence - past & present - who serve(d) in technical & operational roles. (It’s not all Bond you know 😉)
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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I have finally got my hands on a withdrawn 1932 copy of Mackenzie’s #WW1 memoir that revealed information about MI6 (M.I.i.c). He was prosecuted under the Official Secrets Act. It is signed AND it has its dust cover 🤩 Plus added bonus of newspaper cuttings from trial! #spyhistory
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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#SOE agents like Virginia Hall faced a dangerous & lonely existence operating behind enemy lines in occupied #France #WW2 SOE agents trusted no one - not even their own reflections #spyhistory #HERstory
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Just think about the number of times this #door was opened & closed in Hut 8 during #WW2 @bletchleypark Consider ‘who’ stepped through this doorway… #mindblowing #spyhistory
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Can you spot the difference @MailOnline ? Women working in the secret services were trailblazers! Using such images of a highly sexualised stereotype is an insult to #WomeninBritishIntel #ShameOnYou
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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#Spyhistory #Christmas #Calender Day 5. This Minox subminiature camera measures just 8 x 11mm with exposures on 9.5mm film. Originally designed by Walter Zapp in 1937 (Riga, Latvia), this model was used by SOE agents in France, in 1943 & Greece, in 1944 [IWM PHO 85] 👀🎄
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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The secret lives of MI6’s top female spies by the brilliant ⁦ @helenwarrell ⁩ ⁩ ⁦ @FT ⁩ ‘If there is to be any real equality for the women who spy for their country, then they must wrest it from the past. It is time for a new story’ #Herstory
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Motherhood. Love. Unimaginable self sacrifice. #SOE agent Odette Samson fought to secure a future for her children #MothersDay2022 #WomensHistoryMonth #HerStory
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Today is the BIG day! #IntelligenceFactory is open to all @bletchleypark Please do visit. I promise you will be 110% engaged, informed & inspired! It really is a special exhibition in a very special #spyhistory place ❤️
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Woman-power was central to codebreaking @bletchleypark #Women did everything from codebreaking to cleaning! They were young women from all walks of life. Their stories feature prominently in the AWESOME new exhibition #IntelligenceFactory Make sure you go see it 👀 #HERstory
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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The is my #shecave The inner sanctum of the Hubbard-Hall household where only those brave of heart dare to enter & explore the (too) many #books devoted to #spyhistory #WW2 #NaziGermany So fellow #twitterstorians can you spot any good reads? #StayAtHomeChallenge #shelfie #Reading
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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#AdventCalendar #spyhistory #Day16 #OTD 1942 German agent Eddie Chapman was dropped by parachute into a field #Cambridgeshire He quickly turned himself into the police & MI5. He became Double Cross agent ZIGZAG feeding misinformation back to his German handler.
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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#2022Goals I’m SO looking forward to researching & writing about @bletchleypark #spyhistory ❤️
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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This photograph captures a unique moment in time @bletchleypark #WW2 was a war of information - check out the level of paperwork going on! AND women made a HUGE contribution. I can’t wait to visit next week & share my photo diary with you all ❤️ #spyhistory #HERstory
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Many career women who worked in Britain’s secret services shied away from having their photograph taken & destroyed personal papers shortly before their deaths. We will never know their real faces, but I have ensured their names are known & their lives recognized in my debut book
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Fred Kovaleski (1924-2018) was a #tennis pro AND @CIA agent recruited 1951. Fluent in Polish & Russian, tennis provided the perfect cover to recruit other agents during the Cold War. A year before he became a spy, he reached the 4th round of @Wimbledon as 13th seed #spyhistory
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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The lounge hall glass roof in The Mansion ⁦ @bletchleypark ⁩ Stunning ❤️
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Something to brighten your Tuesday folks. My daughter loves sketching and I think this is pretty good ❤️ @iaindwelch
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Josephine Baker (1906-1975) world-renowned entertainer, French Resistance & #OSS agent #WW2 civil rights activist. Her awesomeness was/is OFF the scale #Legend #HERstory
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Last night I had the pleasure of dining at The Reform Club where I learnt that Guy Burgess had been a member & that with Kim Philby, they frequently sat in the gallery watching the coming & goings of members & their guests. The table where they sat is known as ‘traitors table’
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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75 yrs ago #SOE female agents lost their lives during #WW2 There is so much more work to be done on commemorating those engaged in secret warfare, at a local, national & international level @CWGC @iwm_network @I_W_M @DrHelenFry #SecretWarRemembered #LestWeForget #spyhistory
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Had a major breakthrough yesterday with a top secret research project - my head is still buzzing! Such a good feeling to know that I know ‘something’ KEY to wartime British intelligence that NO other historian/person has discovered! #spyhistory
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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1 January 2024. Day 1 as a full time writer! Exciting year ahead with my debut book #MissMoneypenny - The Forgotten Women of British Intelligence published in the autumn (eek!) @wnbooks #HappyNewYear
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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#Wednesday #WomeninBritishIntel Remembering SOE Agent Denise Bloch (1916-1945) on #HolocaustMemorialDay Please read this thread & RT to share her story #LightTheDarkness
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Milicent Bagot (1907-2006) intriguing MI5 officer whose career spanned 40yrs. First woman to reach senior rank. A recognised authority on international communism & the model for Connie Sachs, the eccentric Sovietology expert who appeared in John le Carré's novels #spyhistory
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Hello @bletchleypark I’ve missed you! So lovely to be back at my favourite #spyhistory site ❤️
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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#Spyhistory #Christmas #Calendar Day 4. A rather dark Christmas Card sent by MI5 to Sir Malcolm Seton in 1923. [Source: Papers of Sir Malcolm Seton, India Office, Mss Eur E267/224] 🎄👀
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#Spyhistory #Christmas #Calender Day 16. #OTD 1942, Eddie Chapman dropped by parachute into a field in #Cambridgeshire He immediately turned himself into the police & MI5. Double Cross agent ZIGZAG was one of the most successful (convincing) Double Cross agents of #WW2
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Warlock Cecil Williamson worked for #MI6 during #WW2 collecting occult information on Nazis such as Himmler and performing witches’ rituals in Ashdown Forest & cursing Hitler. He claimed to have used his occult knowledge to lure Hess to Scotland #halloween2021 #spyhistory
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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#OTD The first @TheIanFleming 007 novel CASINO ROYALE was published (13 April 1953) & the character #MissMoneypenny was born. One woman's story lies at the centre of my book & that is the MI6 secretary who inspired Fleming. Her story will be told for the FIRST time #70YearsOf007
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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EXCITING #Book News! Miss Moneypenny: The Forgotten Women of British Intelligence will be published by @wnbooks @orionbooks 2024. It is an honour to shine a bright light on a group of remarkable women whose stories have yet to be told #IWD2022 #WomensHistoryMonth @NorthbankTalent
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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I have been away from X for various reasons, but I am back and ready to share my passion for #spyhistory #herstory ♥️ If anyone can see this, let me know in the replies or like the post. Tomorrow at precisely 2 p.m. (Wednesday, September 10, 2024), I will share some exciting news
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Row upon row of card index cabinets @bletchleypark c1945. The ability to organise & manage the intelligence produced from decrypted enemy messages played an important part in Bletchley Park’s wartime success. Mind blowing to think of the no. of card indexes in operation!
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#VEDay Vera Atkins (1908-2000) An extraordinary & complex woman began her search for the missing F-Section agents which included fourteen women: Yolande Beekman, Denise Bloch, Andrée Borrel, Madeleine Damerment, Noor Inayat Khan, Vera Leigh, Cecily Lefort, Sonya Olschanezky...
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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The author and creator of #JamesBond , Ian Fleming, photographed in his wartime office, Room 39 of the Admiralty. His adventures as a naval intelligence officer during #WW2 fueled the postwar creation of Bond characters #M #Q #MissMoneypenny 👀 @007
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A remarkable woman was born on 6 April 1906 in #Baltimore #USA Her name was Virginia Hall. Working for #SOE & OSS (+ postwar @CIA ) she played a key role in undermining the Nazi occupation of #France If you are not familiar with her incredible story you really should be #HERstory
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Am awesome photograph capturing the Women's Home Guard on parade at St Benedict's Square in #Lincoln #Lincolnshire during #WW2 [15th May 1944] #HERstory #women
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Yes, that’s me on @itvnews My debut book #HerSecretService (out 24 October) telling the story of the ‘real’ Miss Moneypenny, Kathleen Pettigrew & many other incredible women of British Intelligence made national news!!!! It’s taken me a week to pluck up the courage to watch it 🙈
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Doris Bohrer née Sharrar began her 27 year career in U.S. intelligence in 1942. From #OSS typist to gun wielding officer, she retired in 1979 as deputy chief of counterintelligence @CIA having trained U.S. officers on the methods and tactics of foreign espionage operatives.
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#spyhistory #Christmas #Calendar Day 1. This scarf was given to Vera Atkins, intelligence officer of F section #SOE by another F section agent, Claude de Baissac. He gave it to her on his return to England from the first of three missions in #France [IWM EPH 4090]
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Sending you all a bit of #spyhistory ❤️ The office of my dreams (including fan) complete with perfect view ⁦ @bletchleypark
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#Spyhistory #Christmas #Calender Day 6. The owner of this delightful teddy bear was none other than Alan Turing. Christmas 1934, while still at university, Turing asked his mother for a teddy bear, complaining he had never had one as a child. You can meet 'Porgy' @bletchleypark
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#spyhistory #AdventCalendar #Day5 From the 1930s until the 1990s, MI5 vetted people who applied for work at the BBC and denoted possible ‘subversives’ (pacifists, members of left-wing groups etc) by putting a doodle of a Christmas tree on their personnel files.
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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#twitterstorians I have a website! I will be sharing my ❤️ of #WW2 intricate espionage operations, ingenious traitors & coded wartime communications via research blog postings & audio/visual presentation films -see below (full 3 mins available via website)
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#Spyhistory #Christmas #Calender Day 21. Not for the faint-hearted, this unique photograph shows 'Jeds' of the #WW2 secret Operation Jedburgh team training on the high bars obstacle course at Milton Hall, Cambridgeshire, UK c. 1944. #OSS [Source: NARA]
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Today may be #JamesBondDay , BUT I think we should rename it #MissMoneypennyDay From Secretary to Field Agent, Miss Moneypenny is an icon. #HerSecretService
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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#twitterstorians Happy to announce my latest research with the fab ⁦ @adhistorian ⁩ is now OUT!!!! Wives of Secret Agents: Spyscapes of the Second World War & Female Agency in International Journal of Military History and Historiography #spyhistory
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This weighs about the same as a car tyre. Imagine carrying that around!
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From the outside, this may have looked like an ordinary suitcase. But it actually carried a Type 3 Mk.II radio with a range of over 1,000 miles. It was carried by Allied spies and agents in occupied France to send secret information back to the UK.
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This wonderful photograph captures a garden fete held by the WRNS in August 1944 at Wavendon House, an outstation of @bletchleypark Wavendon provided accommodation for the WRNS & housed a no. of Bombes (computing machines) that were an essential part of Bletchley Park's work.
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This is quite remarkable - anonymous donation to @bletchleypark of rare film footage of those who worked at Whaddon Hall #MI6 #WW2 A film that should never have been made due to top secret nature of work! One of a kind! #spyhistory #twitterstorians
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Whether active in the field of operation or working at secret code breaking sites, these men & women worked tirelessly in the shadows & helped reduce the number of casualties in Normandy #OTD #DDay #DDay76 #DDay2020 #spyhistory #WeWillRememberThem
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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#Spyhistory #Christmas #Calender Day 20. This jumper with a darned bullet hole belonged to SOE agent Harry Rée (1914-1991). Harry orchestrated the successful destruction of the Peugeot factory at Sochaux. Later, he attempted to evade capture but was shot 4 times [IWM UNI 127805]
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Wishing you all a happy & peaceful Easter! An egg inspired #spyhistory fact: Winston Churchill described the Bletchley team as 'the geese that laid the golden eggs and never cackled'. @bletchleypark @ChuArchives
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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The 'Miss' was dropped and finally we have a 21st Century #Moneypenny Happy birthday @NaomieHarris
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The old ways are the best so why not wish Happy Birthday to @NaomieHarris AKA Moneypenny.
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I will always remember this ⁦ @UkNatArchives ⁩ record because of the discovery I made back in May this year, but also the strong smell of tobacco that hit me as I turned each page. Sometimes it’s not just the written word that is preserved. #spyhistory #HERstory
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I love Ben Macintyre's books, but this article is flawed. MI5 (and MI6) has never been an all-male organisation, and he should know better than to suggest this and add further fuel to sexist depictions of the secret services. Women were, and still are, the cornerstone of MI5.
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Today the wonderful @TracyBorman was officially invested as Chancellor @BGULincoln ❤️ The history team are thrilled to have a historian at the helm😎
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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No, No, NO! Can we PLEASE stop perpetuating this counterfactual remark made by Harry Hinsley during a Q&A after a 1993 lecture. Of course, the work of those @bletchleypark possibly shortened the war BUT to put a number to that is crazy BECAUSE no one knew when the war would end!
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At @bletchleypark , 'mathematicians, linguists and crossword enthusiasts most likely shortened the war by two years'
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Today, my excitement levels are off the chart!!!! My second-year students @BGULincoln have a whole session on 'women in intelligence'. I conclude my lecture with the question: How long do we have to wait for a woman to be appointed 'C' of SIS/MI6? (Judi Dench doesn't count 😉)
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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#Spyhistory #Christmas #Calender Day 11. Not quite the delivery system used by Father Christmas, but that of #SOE who dropped supplies into Biza #Albania in late 1944 #WW2 (Source: National Archives) 🎅🪂
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
2 years
Next week semester one of the new academic year kicks off @BGULincoln I am delivering a new third-year history special subject devoted entirely to women in British intelligence. My excitement levels are OFF THE CHART! @womenknowintel #HERstory #spyhistory
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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SOE's exploding rat! Unfortunately, the Germans smelt a rat and seized the first consignment. While there were no BIG bangs, the very idea caused more trouble than had the rats been successfully detonated by the enemy🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
4 years
Thought you might like to see this @iaindwelch I love you Twitter feed - a little bit of sunshine each day!
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
4 years
Agent Maxwell - International dog of mystery! #InternationalDogDay
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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NEW Publication! @adhistorian and I have had the following published in the Journal of Intelligence History - 'Landscapes of intelligence in the Third Reich: visualising Abwehr operations during the Second World War' DM me for a free copy (50 available)😊
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
2 years
I’m off to @bletchleypark tomorrow and I can’t wait! It’s always a treat taking my students @BGULincoln @BGUMilitaryHist @BGUHistory For many it’s their first visit. Unlike ‘Captain Ridley’s shooting party’, we will be in need of ☔️ tomorrow.
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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This is me!!!!!
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Chelsea Heritage Quarter
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Her Secret Service: The Forgotten Women of British Intelligence 📆 25 Sep 2024, 4.00pm 🎟️ £12.00 📍 @NAM_London Claire Hubbard-Hall reveals the stories of women who worked behind the scenes of British Intelligence. Book Now: @spyhistory
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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1 April 1941 - short on space at Wembley, the RAF photographic interpretation unit moved to Danesfield House, Medmenham & was renamed the Central Interpretation Unit. Churchill’s daughter, Sarah, analysed aerial reconnaissance photos during 12hr shifts with eye tests every 8wks.
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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#WomensHistoryMonth 'Bravery. Bravery was what they had in common. You might find it in anyone. You just don't know where to look. Their motivations were all different.' Vera Atkins (1908-2000) #SOE F-Section Officer #WW2 #spyhistory #HERstory #BreakTheBias
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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A fantastic @BGULincoln graduation @LincsCathedral where we welcomed the awesome @James1940 who received an honorary doctorate 🤩 It was particularly fitting as the first cohort of @BGUMilitaryHist students graduated - they are all BIG fans of James’s work (we all are!)!
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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#Spyhistory #Christmas #Calender Day 22. Hiding in the spotlight, #WW2 resistance agent Josephine Baker was the spy #France needed. She was committed, courageous & complex. In 2021, she became the first Black woman to be honoured at the Panthéon. #Herstory continues to inspire.
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Remembering SOE agents Denise Bloch & Sonia Olschanezky #HMD2022
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Today I get to tell my students @BGULincoln all about the extraordinary Virginia Hall and her work for SOE during #WW2 #Herstory #spyhistory @BGUMilitaryHist @BGUHistory
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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Never did I think I would be a published author, AND never did I ever think I would appear in @guardian Thank you @DonnaLFerguson for a lovely writeup & spreading the word about a remarkable group of women who never sought recognition #HerSecretService @wnbooks @NorthbankTalent
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian
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After years of research, here is the real MI6 ‘secretary’ who inspired Ian Fleming’s Miss Moneypenny character. Kathleen Pettigrew is finally getting the recognition she so rightly deserves #HerSecretService @wnbooks ⁩ ⁦ @NorthbankTalent
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