The Secret WW2 Learning Network is an educational charity registered in the UK - a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) No. 1156796

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9th and 10th September 2023 – annual weekend of talks and film showing at Wanborough Manor.
9th and 10th September 2023 – annual weekend of talks and film showing at Wanborough Manor.

;s heritage open weekend involved four sessions, two on each day, of talks and a showing of our film Now It Can Be Told

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3rd September 2023 – annual ceremony at Brookwood Military Cemetery, remembering Jewish agents of SOE.
3rd September 2023 – annual ceremony at Brookwood Military Cemetery, remembering Jewish agents of SOE.

, together with Major Sir Anthony Palmer, their SOE liaison officer. We also remembered Lieutenant Maurice Pertschuk an

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20th August 2023 – Bi-annual ceremony at Air Forces Memorial, Runnymede.
20th August 2023 – Bi-annual ceremony at Air Forces Memorial, Runnymede.

; much to the approval of attendees. We were again honoured by the presence of family members of Yolande Beekman and Li

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SECRET GUILDFORD – five months’ exhibition of artefacts and information. 11 Nov 2023 – 13 Apr 2024. Locations and secret agents of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in the Guildford area during World War Two
SECRET GUILDFORD – five months’ exhibition of artefacts and information. 11 Nov 2023 – 13 Apr 2024. Locations and secret agents of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in the Guildford area during World War Two
  • November 11, 2023
  • 12:00
  • Guildford Museum, Castle Arch, Quarry Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3SX
Sunday, 2nd July 2023 – Belgium Remembers
Sunday, 2nd July 2023 – Belgium Remembers
  • July 2, 2023
  • 14:00
  • Brookwood Military Cemetery, near Woking, Surrey
Upcoming Event at Tempsford
Upcoming Event at Tempsford
  • July 1, 2023
  • 10:00
  • Also July 2, 2023 - Stuart Memorial Hall, Tempsford
Our First, Small Scale, Outdoors Event of 2021
Our First, Small Scale, Outdoors Event of 2021
  • April 4, 2021
  • 10:00
  • Brookwood

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There may be a touch of creative licence involved, but this play about Nancy Wake GM of F Section, SOE sounds like it could provide an entertaining evening. It has already played to a positive reception in Australia ('by turns hilarious, thrilling and devastating') and will now, subject to success in fundraising, be staged over three evenings (4,5,6 June 2024) in Barnes, south-west London. If you'd like to support the fund-raising effort see: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/tama-matheson?utm_term=mwZJv7VqW and for tickets, see: https://osoarts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173654668 Do please consider helping this project reach fruition.
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There are several common misconceptions about who the FANY are, so we wanted to clear a few things up, including the #myth we are army reservists. Despite the fact that we wear an Army uniform, use Army badges of rank and have a strong connection with the Army, we are actually a civilian charity. Our members are unpaid volunteers who pay a membership fee to be part of the Corps. Find out more about who we are and how you can support us: https://www.fany.org.uk/Support-us #Volunteers #BritishArmy
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FANYs complete French Paratroopers course in ETAP We are so proud of the courageous women who have served in the FANY over the years – notably those who parachuted into occupied France during the Second World War; many of whom lost their lives. To keep their memory alive, and also to play our part in the 120th anniversary of ‘Entente Cordiale’, five FANYs recently completed the tough two week French Paratroopers Course in ETAP (École des Troupes Aéroportées), Pau, thereby earning their ‘brevet’ (wings). #ETAP #Brevet #WW2
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“Peter Pomerantsev tells the story of German-born Englishman Sefton Delmer, whose radio broadcasts were used to subvert Goebbels’ propaganda during World War II.”
BBC Radio 4 - How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev BBC Radio 4 - How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev
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Title image – B24 ‘Carpetbagger’ conducting parachute drop. Courtesy of Clive Bassett, Harrington Aviation Museum –  https://harringtonmuseum.org.uk/