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Elvira Chaudoir: D-Day鈥檚 Double Crossing Agent

History's Heroes History's Secret Heroes - Series 4
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Elvira Chaudoir is a socialite with all the right connections. She鈥檚 also a double agent, locked in a dangerous game of deception with the Nazis.

Elvira Chaudoir is a Peruvian playgirl with all the right connections鈥� and a gambling debt. She鈥檚 also a double agent, locked in a dangerous game of deception. With D-Day on the horizon, can she convince the Germans that the Allied invasion is happening in the southwest of France, and not in Normandy?

With author and historian Ben Macintyre and Sophie Stewart from the National Archives.

Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War II. Join her for incredible tales of deception, acts of resistance and courage.

A 麻豆社 Studios production for 麻豆社 Radio 4 and 麻豆社 Sounds.

Producer: Lorna Reader
Executive Producer: Paul Smith
Written by Alex von Tunzelmann
Commissioning editor for Radio 4: Rhian Roberts

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Tue 25 Aug 2026 15:00
麻豆社 Radio 4

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