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Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian

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Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian

@DrHelenFry

Author & Historian of 25+ books on WWII, espionage & spies. Expert on Secret Listeners, Germans who fought for Britain, and Women in Intelligence Services.

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Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian
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Jun 10
Captured WW2 German General Hermann Ramcke arrived in Britain with a stash of brandy... and refused to talk. So the British gave him a fake Iron Cross, plied him with drink, and let the hidden microphones roll. What he revealed next was pure gold for Allied Intelligence: (🧵)
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Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian
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Feb 7, 2025
RIP Gwen Watkins, who has passed at the age of 101. She decoded Luftwaffe codes at Bletchley Park in WW2, aiding RAF & USAAF fighters against German bombers & helping Allied aircraft evade German air defences. Thank you for your service, heroine. 🕊
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Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian
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Jun 5, 2024
They are exactly where they should be: in the limelight. We owe them everything. Thank you.
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Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian
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Jun 21, 2025
Betty Webb MBE (1923-2025) was the last surviving codebreaker who deciphered both Nazi and Japanese codes at Bletchley Park during the Second World War.
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Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian
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Jul 12, 2025
I am saddened to hear of yesterday’s passing of Donald Rose - the UK’s oldest Second World War veteran, who passed at the astonishing age of 110.
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Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian
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Sep 23, 2024
Betty Webb MBE is the only surviving codebreaker to have worked on both Nazi and Japanese codes at Bletchley Park during World War Two. She is remarkable.. and has a wonderful sense of humour!
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Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian
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Jun 6, 2024
9 Quotes From German Jews Who Fought for Britain on D-Day. During the Second World War, 10,000 German and Austrian Jews fled persecution and joined the British Forces. They were known as Churchill's German Army. (A deeply moving thread to mark the 80th Anniversary of D-Day)
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Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian
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Feb 22, 2025
#OTD 22 Feb 1943: anti-Nazi political activist Sophie Scholl is executed, aged 21. She went to the guillotine and said: "Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go... What does my death matter, if through us, thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?"
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Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian
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Oct 22, 2024
#OTD 22 Oct 1944: Jewish women being rounded up in Budapest, Hungary. Only 80 years ago…. Do not forget.
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Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian
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Sep 2, 2024
Dr Tina Strobos, a Dutch medical student, hid over 100 Jews during WWII, forged passports, and smuggled supplies for the Resistance. Arrested nine times, she never betrayed anyone. A remarkable wartime heroine..
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Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian
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Apr 28, 2025
In August 1944, Elaine Madden (aged 21) boarded a B-24 Liberator at Harrington, ready to parachute into Nazi-occupied Belgium for 'Operation Amelia'. With a cyanide pill hidden in her lipstick & nerves of steel, she leapt into the night. This is her daring WW2 story: (🧵)
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Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian
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Feb 11, 2025
Andrée Dumon, codename 'Nadine', passed away at her home in Nivelles, Belgium, on 30 Jan 2025 at the remarkable age of 102. Aged 17, she became a member of the Belgian resistance group Comète during WW2 and saved the lives of Allied airmen. Yesterday, she was laid to rest.🕊️
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Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian
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Feb 25, 2025
Seven million women served in WW2. We must never forget their sacrifices, which paved the way for the freedoms we enjoy today.
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Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian
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Sep 3, 2024
Margery Booth was a British opera singer in Germany and a female spy working for MI6 during WW2. She sang for Hitler with hidden documents inside her costume, was arrested and tortured by Gestapo, escaped, and aided war trials post-war. Here is the only known photograph of her:
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