Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian ✓
@DrHelenFry · joined 24 Dec 2008
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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Uncovering secrets of the Second World War at Trent Park.
A grand estate wired by British intelligence to overhear German generals.
Hidden bugging wires remain visible today: https://t.co/fBnwXVrtUz
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Herman Rothman, born a German-Jew, interrogated Nazi war criminals and Auschwitz guards.
Remember those who spent their lives hunting them and bringing them to justice: https://t.co/uUVgkpKS8k
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My next book with Yale is available to pre-order!
'Patriotism is Not Enough: The Secret Life of Edith Cavell'.
Here's the jacket cover: https://t.co/zHmt0QSg0j
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The Man Who Saved MI6: Thomas Joseph Kendrick
(a long-form post)
Thomas Kendrick was one of the most senior figures in the British Secret Service in the twentieth century. In the 1920s he tracked Communist agents across Europe. In the 1930s he watched Nazi spies from his post as
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MY NEXT BOOK with @YaleBooks!
'Patriotism is Not Enough: The Secret Life of Edith Cavell'.
What do you think of the jacket cover?
I love it!! https://t.co/t8k7Ns6nZQ
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@DrHelenFry How did she come to be a double agent? Was she working for the British already and tasked to infiltrate the Germans or, was she working for the Germans and turned by the British?
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@DrHelenFry @BillKristol I just looked her up to see what happened to her after the war. I’m happy to say that she lived into her 80’s!
Thank you for these threads…they’re absolutely wonderful! https://t.co/paaPRghA9e
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Did you learn something new from this thread on Agent Bronx and D-Day?
If so, please consider showing your support and 'Follow' my X page @DrHelenFry for more unique WW2 content like this.
I have plenty more history to share!
(end). https://t.co/iLyKt43khP
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As a bonus for making it this far in the thread, I wanted to show you something special:
Secret agents really did use invisible ink to relay secret messages!
Attached is an invisible ink message from Agent Bronx (revealed in white writing).
(continued...ending) https://t.co/wV
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By mid-July 1944, the Twenty Committee considered using Bronx for political deception because it had been struggling to find suitable traffic for her. Her lack of training and interest in technical matters made her unsuitable for gathering that kind of intelligence from the https
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After D-Day, Bronx and other double agents continued the strategic deception by hinting at a second invasion, informing the Germans that the landings in Normandy represented a small force compared to the vast armies waiting to invade in a second wave at a different location, http
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The Germans believed Bronx.
They immediately authorised a payment of £50 in addition to her regular payment of £100 per month. The extra money was believed to be possibly a bonus because of the value of the Plan Ironside material or in recognition of the general excellence of ht
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Elvira Chaudoir, codename ‘Agent Bronx’, was born in 1911 and served as a double agent for the British Secret Services during the Second World War.
Bronx’s most important work was immediately prior to D-Day in Plan Ironside, to convince the Germans of an attack at Bordeaux https
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She was a female double agent who single-handedly delayed an entire SS Panzer division near Bordeaux just before D-Day.
This is the incredible story of Agent Bronx and her crucial role in 'Plan Ironside':
(🧵) https://t.co/MEGupdBRYn
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Frente a cuentas del mismo tamaño
5 publicaciones de los últimos 90 días, junto al rango de 10K–100K seguidores. llega a menos gente que sus pares, pero los implica mucho más.
Visualizaciones medianas1 478esta cuenta924mediana de 10K–100K
Alcance, %1.78%esta cuenta3.62%mediana de 10K–100K
Interacción, %4.15%esta cuenta1.52%mediana de 10K–100K
| Métrica | Esta cuenta | Mediana de 10K–100K | Proporción |
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| Visualizaciones medianas por publicación | 1 478 | 924 | 1.60× |
| Alcance (visualizaciones ÷ seguidores) | 1.78% | 3.62% | 0.49× |
| Tasa de interacción | 4.15% | 1.52% | 2.73× |
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Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.
What the audience does
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Reposts13.7%495 in total
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Quotes0.3%12 in total
Bookmarks3.8%136 in total
Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.
The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.
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