Women of SIGINT trained and armed for undercover war in France- `Virtual

The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) is home to the world's largest collection of working historic computers.Follow the development of computing: from the Turing-Welchman Bombe and Colossus of the 1940s through the large systems and mainframes of the 1950s, 60s and 70s, to the rise of personal computing and the rise of mobile computing and the internet.Recognised as one of England’s top 100 ‘irreplaceable places’, we welcome corporate and group visits, schools and individuals from all over the world.We are normally open Tuesday to Friday 10:30 -17:00, Saturday & Sunday 10:30 – 17:00. Please check tickets for actual opening days and times.TNMOC operates independently of Bletchley Park Trust, although we are located on the Bletchley Park Estate.To visit us, go through the main Bletchley Park entrance, through the barrier, walk or drive bearing left beyond the main car parks, to our separate entrance located at the top of the Park.Visit their website here for more information.https://www.tnmoc.org/Sat Nav users: please use the postcode for the railway station MK3 6DS on Sherwood Drive and then follow signs. The postcode for Bletchley Park will actually take you to an old entrance which is closed.

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39 of the best: Women of SIGINT trained and armed for undercover war in France

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A Talk by Dr. Kate VigursSignals intelligence (SIGINT) played a pivotal role in WWII but while the technological achievements are well documented the agents whose missions - and lives - depended on it get overlooked.Britain’s Special Operations Executive was one of the War’s best-known clandestine forces and France its largest operation. Historian Dr Kate Vigurs in her new book - Mission France: The True Story of the Women of SOE - collects the interconnected stories of 39 of these secret agents for the first time: women selected from all walks of life who risked betrayal and death for freedom. Kate joins us on June 23 to discuss her book, which is based on new research and interviews. In her talk at TNMOC she will:<ul><li>Introduce us to the housewives, shop assistants and countesses who learned vital new skills in such fields as radio and communications, instinctive shooting and survival. </li><li>Discuss the dangers faced of landing alone by parachute, boat or aircraft to work in enemy occupied France where they led double lives as wireless operators or couriers.</li><li>Describe the missions, the steps the Germans took to shut down radio transmissions and the risks agents faced - from capture by the Gestapo to death.</li><li>Examine the pivotal role these daring women played preparing for D-Day, history’s largest amphibious invasion.</li></ul>You can join Kate in person at our museum on June 23 (please select Museum ticket) or book to watch her presentation live online (please select Online ticket).

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