Remembering the female agents of World War Two
Britain sent 75 female agents behind enemy lines. Men and women carried out acts of sabotage in occupied countries and helped build a resistance networks.
Derek is a reporter for ITV News Meridian, covering the big stories across the South of England with an interest in crime and heritage features.
Britain sent 75 female agents behind enemy lines. Men and women carried out acts of sabotage in occupied countries and helped build a resistance networks.
The ship docked at Tilbury in 1948 with labourers helping to rebuild Britain after World War Two. It's come to symbolise the beginning of multicultural Britain.
Operation Overlord as it was known saw a huge invasion force cross the English Channel by air and see. Troops left from ports such as Seaford and Portsmouth.