episode description
In an arena traditionally dominated by men, the women spies of WWII overcome perceived weaknesses to become some of the war’s most capable agents– leaving lasting legacies. Joey Guerrero, long outcast as a leper, finds an unlikely advantage in her illness when she becomes an anti-Japanese spy; in a twist of fate, Marie Madeleine-Fourcade is left to lead one of France’s largest and most important resistance networks; beautiful Violette Szabo’s bravery leads to tragic endings but a treasured legacy; in occupied France, Pearl Witherington steps up to the plate to become commander of thousands; Julia Child cooks up her first breakthrough recipe as an intelligence officer; Vera Eriksen becomes the war’s most mysterious spy; and Agent Sonya’s atom bomb operation opens a new age of espionage with the dawn of the Cold War. In her own way, each woman proves that bravery has no gender, as they leave their mark on a world that will never be the same.
