The SOE Agent Who Paid the Ultimate Price

[@PhilipThompson]

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[@dianehlohinec4952]

When I was 16, I read the book: “Carve her name with Pride”. Fascinated, I wrote a speech for my English class and received a good mark. Fast forward 40 years and I read that her daughter Tania had written a book about her Mom. I mentioned to my son and his wife that I wished I could get it but it was only available in England. That Christmas I was handed a Fed-ex parcel from them and on opening discovered the book signed by Tania with a personal note. I cried as it was so thoughtful. Her story still resonates with me. Thank you for this video. She was a brave woman!

[@sharonwhiteley6510]

What a beautiful gift from your family. How many young people today would do half of the exploits of brave men and women fighting during WW2 for freedoms, country, family and GOD given rights? May GOD bless.

[@standdownrobots_ihaveoldglory]

Sounds like you raised a fine son as well ❤

[@Lisa-hr4zz]

Violette has been my heroine since I was a child. 'Carve her name with pride' left a mark on me and I believe her to be the bravest and most remarkable woman. Thank you for your documentary

[@Roz-y2d]

Yes. I remember that film, it was wonderful. What a brave lady.❤

[@mikr2d2]

If you liked the movie with Virginia McKenna I suggest you to see also these movies about female S.O.E. agents => 😉 "Odette" (Anna Neagle, Trewor Howard) => Odette Hallows, maiden name Sansom "Carve Her Name with Pride" (Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield) => Violette Szabo "Against the Wind" (a very young Simone Signoret) 😯😍😀 "Charlotte Grey" (Cate Blanchett codename Rose) read about Eileen Nearne "A Man Called Intrepid" (Michael York, Barbara Hershey, codename Madeleine) => « The Indian Princess » Noor Inayat Khan "Female Agents" (Sophie Marceau) => Lise de Baissac "Foyle`s War" : Season 8, Episode 3 - Elise Odette nor survived the war but was even a technical adviser for both movies "Carve Her Name with Pride" and "Odette“.

[@martincook318]

They were a Brave couple,and Tanya must be very Proud of her later Parents

[@katarinasvensson9801]

Yes but I am sure she would have preferd to have them alive.

[@Virginnia]

She was my childhood heroine & I've never forgotten her.❤

[@seandobson499]

The female agents of S.O.E. were second to none for courage and determination and if anybody goes to Eden Camp in North Yorkshire, all the female S.O.E agents that were killed, murdered and tortured by the SS, Gestapo and SD are commemorated there. I am 68 and have seen active service in two armies, but all of these women had far more courage than I had.

[@chuckz2934]

Absolutely astonished by the quality of script, narration and especially the art work 🙏🏼

[@PhilipThompson]

Thank you Chuck, I'm so pleased to hear that you enjoyed the video!

[@wildscotsman1]

@@PhilipThompson the artwork was indeed a pleasing way to visualize the story of this extremely brave young woman.

[@amandahibbert5404]

Perfectly described by chuck!!! High quality videos!!!!

[@hazeldmello5800]

May God grant Eternal rest to this brave and courageous woman and her husband.

[@tonymercer7759]

The poem for Violette: The life that I have Is all that I have And the life that I have Is yours. The love that I have Of the life that I have Is yours and yours and yours. A sleep I shall have A rest I shall have Yet death will be but a pause. For the peace of my years In the long green grass Will be yours and yours and yours.

[@Wireman68]

Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

[@pamsmith519]

Such a brave woman and all the women who gave their lives

[@wheelsofafrica]

What courage; what cruelty,; what tragedy. HUGE RESPECT.

[@daisys8052]

The beauty of the illustrations and the script lightens a moving story of courage and sacrifice. Great were these women, and great are those reminding us about them through such videos. Thanks

[@sharonwhiteley6510]

A heartbreaking story of a young brave woman full of love and courage

[@darrenb230]

If i remember correctly, in the film "Carver her name in stone" The little girl at the end accepting her mothers medals was infact Tania, her real daughter.

[@christinemaguire9746]

A brave brave Woman.

[@missasinenomine]

An understatement? You need to be brave to work in Woolworths. (Only jokin').

[@0therun1t21]

These stories never disappoint, thank you.

[@cindersmolloy6584]

What an amazing woman. What an amazing generation. Thanks to them we enjoy the freedom we have today.

[@Son_of_Mandalore]

Superlative, as always. An exhibition in construct, script writing, delivery, narration, artistry, and editing. I cannot think of a better tribute to the bravery of an operative of His Majesty and a dedicated champion of truth and freedom over tyranny. As always, the art worked in perfect unison with the narrative and was utterly sublime. I always look forward to a new video, this one was everything I expected and more. Your work in short story format, and the artwork you use, would be a great addition to the libraries at Shrivenham and Bletchley, and my library, obviously. If you ever decide to put your research into a more material format.

[@PhilipThompson]

Too kind, as always Ky! Thank you for watching and for your complimentary assessment of my work!

[@daisys8052]

Curious to know who does the illustrations. If it is Philip, my God is the word! Even without that, you are a fantastic and rare talent. The subjects, scripts and narration, I agree, are captivating. Many thanks.

[@Son_of_Mandalore]

@@daisys8052 hello there. I asked the same question a short time ago, Philip informed us that he uses an AI app to create the images. For those who join as a member you are very lucky to receive said images as part of the package in a pdf. It is a very modest sum and I can attest to the Station Chief member rewards including all sorts of amazing content. A wonderful channel, a gift creator, and a bounty of excellent research. This fast became one of my favourite channels on KZbin.

[@darneyoung537]

They were all very brave people in the French underground. I thank them all for our freedom which we have today. R.I.P. all you very brave souls Lest we forget ❤❤✝️🙏🏻🙏🏻✝️

[@angelahambley1113]

Not many have you ever been to the violette szarbo museum in wormlow in herefordshire owned by Rosemary Rigby OBE its only small but well worth a visit as is Gibraltar barn farm where the SOE ,s were flown to france /holland i always tell people about violette and the SOE's

[@donsarde]

How sad that they both were lost during the war. What a great lady she was, a hero of liberty ! 😢😢

[@filmsbynix]

Violette's story is especially sad and tragic. The book Sisters of Night Fog left me near tears when I finished the book 😢

[@TheHallGuy]

Many thanks Philip for this beautiful and sympathetic portrayal of Violette. I have long had a fascination with the French Resistance since the old black and white BBC drama ‘Moonstrike’. Carve Her Name With Pride has given me a special interest in Violette and a few years ago I made a recce of the area south of Limoges where her last fateful mission took place. Interestingly Stuart Outred published an excellent book revisiting the circumstances around her capture: Salesman 2. It can be found on Blackwells online store.

[@mariebeunaiche241]

There needs to be a movie made of these heroic women.

[@petermcculloch4933]

Carve Her Name With Pride, starring Virginia McKenna, tells Violette's story from the time she met her husband until she was executed.

[@mikr2d2]

There are some few movies about the S.O.E. women agents. Here some sugestions: "Odette" (Anna Neagle, Trewor Howard) => Odette Hallows, maiden name Sansom "Carve Her Name with Pride" (Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield) => Violette Szabo "Against the Wind" (a very young Simone Signoret) 😯😍😀 "Charlotte Grey" (Cate Blanchett codename Rose) read about Eileen Nearne ? "A Man Called Intrepid" (Michael York, Barbara Hershey, codename Madeleine) => « The Indian Princess » Noor Inayat Khan "Female Agents" (Sophie Marceau) => Lise de Baissac "Foyle`s War" : Season 8, Episode 3 - Elise Odette nor survived the war but was even a technical adviser for both movies "Carve Her Name with Pride" and "Odette“. "A Man Called Intrepid" were TV Mini-Series first in 1979. Later they were cut down to a single movie. Most of the scenes especially the brutal torture scenes were cut out.

[@proveritate9312]

The video is superb ! With the spot on photo's and paintings the story pulls you into the reality of her life ! She had a fire in her that directed her to support the war effort. Amazing ! A young woman, full of love, loosing her husband and leaving her daughter behind, shows her inner strength and believing that she can make a difference ! I wonder if her daughter is still alive. My spiritual being bows to her for the person that she was. A special young woman who's light could have warmed others. I do believe that lifes spiritual consciousness took her to a special place. Thank you.

[@charliepace8051]

She may rest in peace ❤

[@sacha1259]

Beautifully presented and artistically orchestrated content. Thank you. Today's feminists pale into obscurity compared to this quality of this courageous lady.

[@katarinasvensson9801]

To bad she dident thought of her daughter

[@disillusioned1076]

@@katarinasvensson9801prick

[@jorgecallico9177]

Today's feminists much more resemble the collaborators. Like those French women who fucked all the Nazi officers while selling out their own brothers.

[@ahartify]

​​@@katarinasvensson9801Too bad you are semi-literate.

[@Larrymh07]

Analog to the men who stormed beaches versus maga wannabes.

[@nomanvardag1]

Beautiful voice and enchanting paintings. Admirable family.

[@GaryPritchard]

Fascinating as always. Brilliantly narrated

[@missasinenomine]

10:27 The photo is unfortunately not of a Westland Lysander. A Hudson perhaps? A minor detail. I've read the book, "Carve her Name with pride. I remember her interrogator pulling her finger nails off one by one with pliers. I would have given in at that point. There is a museum in Hereford with a remembrance to her. I can't remember the connection. Was she born in Herefordshire? A tragic story. Tania an orphan at 4 years of age?

[@marinazagrai1623]

miss…they pulled her fingernails? These were tactics learned from the Japanese and of course opportunistic since women’s nails are generally longer.

[@asullivan4047]

Interesting and informative. Excellent photography job pictures 📷/drawings/maps. Enabling viewers to better understand what/whom the orator was describing. One thing for certain. Very few individuals have the integrity/fortitude. To successfully engage in the war time espionage missions. Special thanks to the executed espionage agents. Sacrificing their lives to shorten the war.

[@Dee-JayW]

excellent research and delivery! It is so refreshing to listen to a channel that knows how to properly pronounce names !! New sub and best wishes ❤ 🇨🇦

[@jimbo9446]

Incredible doc. And the art work great!

[@Georgetimothy-d1b]

Very extremely brave woman. When I was very young I saw the film with Virginia MC Kenna,since then she has been my heroine. proud of you forever.

[@thehumancanary131]

The SOE was a bit of a disaster - all 30 agents sent to Holland were turned by the Gestapo and gave false reports back to England (even when the identity check was deliberately omitted from the coded messages by some agents, in an effort to alert the SOE!). The fact that Szabo took a car on her last journey - in defiance of the edict by Germans in the area that all such travel by the French was forbidden - indicates poor training - something which led indirectly to her death. Szabo was a brave person, but better training and discipline may have helped her to avoid the fate she suffered.

[@johnmc128]

Maybe there was a good reason to take the risk of travelling by car.

[@eddiel7635]

@@johnmc128 ohh no, this guy sat on his sofa, never having done anything remotely dangerous in his life knows much better.

[@johnmc128]

@@eddiel7635 Which guy ?

[@eddiel7635]

@@johnmc128 not you

[@kristinanicol5362]

Incredible and superb artwork. What a pleasure to watch 👍👍

[@premierhoner614]

We salute you all oh brave souls... 😢😢

[@nrich5127]

What character and courage ... her story lives on ....

[@dannynnanna4574]

I have to say whatever you do pay that narrator more cause God Danm man was my podcast ride partner with perfect pitch voice and esquisite bass. Perfect

[@xavi_travels]

Really colorful language. English isn't my language and listening to you is a real treat. Thank you.

[@Am_Yisrael_Chai_7]

Man your channel is just awesome 😍 Keep up the good work -- especially about WW2!

[@martincook318]

What a Incredible Brave Woman and howmany Men and Women in this Generations would have the Courage to have what she had

[@candydonnelly7543]

Thank you again Philip Thompson for another factual video of one of the Hero’s of the French Division of the SOE. Courage to follow your destiny has to be remembered and rewarded, for all generations. My real question will be to Vera Atkins and Maurice Buckmaster, when they received messages from their hand picked agents in France, and their special code was not on the bottom of the message, what stopped them from not telling their supervisors that there was something seriously wrong? When I read that after the War, Vera returned to Europe to trace her agents tracks and find out what really happened to them, ending up in one of the Concentration Camps, finding out how her girls were killed. Let us all be responsible for our actions in our lives, when we gave gone off our track, get back on and make it good. If we can live an honorable life , then we have given our County 1/10 of what these courageous gave their lives for. Peace and Light to all those brave Souls in every war that fought for their Countries. To the Ukrainian People, we are with you all the way.

[@JeffMathias]

The SOE was under constant threat of defunding, The military considered spy craft improper. Had critics discovered how compromised SOE agents were, they might have been shut down. So the SOE foolishly dismissed warning signs in pursuit of setting Europe ablaze.

[@renitaphilley9346]

Excellent!

[@samthemacman]

Great video, excellent content and well presented. Thank you.

[@stargazeronesixseven]

🙏 Thank You So Much for All those who've sacrificed so much to help & saved so many innocent lives during the selfish & systemic racism fuelled WWII ... May Violette Szabo & her loved ones & All the innocents be reunited with families & loved ones in a better world & realm ... Let the God & Goddess of the Universal Justice & Punishment do Their work in dealing with those wrong doers ... Nobody can escape Ageing , Sickness & Death in this human realm ... Thank You So Much Philip Thompson channel for this beautifully presented Remembrance to our World War II Heroine : Violette Szabo ... 🙏🕯🌼🌿🌎🕊🇬🇧🇫🇷

[@4cats1porcupine]

Just finished the book "The Lost Girls of Paris." I'm so glad I found that book or I would have never seen this fascinating video. Thank you for sharing.

[@SophiesFoodAdventures]

Thank you ..for your information there is a hiccup on prononciation of Beaulieu and le Bon Marché....lovely illustrations!

[@yvonnesy4895]

Excellent research, presentation, and narration. I've always been fascinated by stories about the brave men and women who sacrificed their lives to help destroy the Nazi regime.

[@AngelApprentice]

Beautiful paintings, beautiful narration. Kim-Elizabeth

[@donsarde]

I loved the film, " carve her with pride."

[@juliemerritt5144]

Heroic woman

[@nicksealey7004]

An amazing story of an amazing remarkable woman, God bless her,,,,,,

[@MrMalvolio29]

Did Violette ever collaborate with the large and successful “Heckler” Resistance network put together and headed by Virginia Hall, « La dame qui boîte »? Did they ever meet during the time they were both operating in the south of France, or am I mistaken and by the time Violette returned to France for her second SOE mission, Hall had already crossed the Pyranees on foot; gotten arrested by Spanish police for entering the country illegally; and returned to London? I believe that by the second half of 1944, Hall had left the SOE and had joined the American OSS, returning to France until the War’s end, disguised as an old peasant woman.

[@gertyrood]

My hero ❤ Rest in peace angel 🙏

[@46bovine]

Very interesting presentation. Thank you.

[@junebugjunebug4492]

Where do you get the artwork? Im addicted to your videos. Great job 👍👍👍👍👍

[@jsmdllc]

I know her name today. I don’t know the name of the majority of the insipid 23-year-olds who go blindly through life thinking that their worth depends on how many likes they get on TikTok or Instagram etc. I know this brave young woman’s name and I will carry it with me for the rest of my life. That is her legacy, and no one can take it from her. This povely woman gave her everything for the war effort and she exists in the history books forevermore. I know her name.

[@alexperriman9298]

Love These! Just a small critique, if I may. Writing from Germany, and it is "Gestapo", hard pronounced, not "Schtapo". While it is "Sisherheit," not "Sickerheit". That said, your French accent is on point, so I would hope they dropped you into France. In Deutschland you'd be toast. ❤

[@Muldini]

Great video and story - now if only you could decide on a consistant pronounciation of the names - "Violette/Vyolet" changes every few setences, and there is even "Szabo"/"Zaybo" and a few more weird ones :)

[@alicemilne1444]

Yes, the mangling of names is annoying.

[@DanielAndrew-sr3gy]

At least they are not speaking german, Arabic and various african alnguages sounds like a way better alternative

[@tonmarinaxxzz]

She was beautiful

[@androsbasileus1682]

Owned. Deserved it.

[@imrank340]

10:25 I wonder how can one parachute from a W. Lysander aeroplane?

[@Horgi-vv2kh]

She was an absolutely beautiful lady amazing could have been a film star well done whar she did

[@David-vx4mx]

Violette was very beautiful. I heard they executed the German Kommandant for ordering her and the other girls murder. Rest in Peace to them all.

[@ianarmitstead2923]

These women would not have considered themselves as feminists, they seen a job that that needed too be done and they didn’t brilliantly

[@AhmedFawzi]

who made the art work ?

[@PhilipThompson]

I did, using Midjourney.

[@DawnieG]

She favors Elizabeth short

[@angrycharlie]

So is it Vee-olet or Vye-olet?

[@noelhall945]

The life that I have Is all that I have And the life that I have Is yours. The love that I have Of the life that I have Is yours and yours and yours. A sleep I shall have A rest I shall have Yet death will be but a pause. For the peace of my years In the long green grass Will be yours and yours and yours.

[@laroudoune]

This video fails to say why this young Violette was arrested so fast Quite simply because there was a traitor who operated within the SOE. He was responsible for the arrest by the Gestapo of numerous agents sent to France. Easy for him to denounce them, it was the official SOE pilot who was responsible for landing the plane which landed these agents on French soil. his name was Eric DERICOURT look up his name on Wikipedia. he caused a lot of damage. In addition there was a struggle between Churchill's toy SOE and MI6 which was in charge of foreign intelligence, the SOE was rather in the Action...

[@annechildress2721]

Nancy Wake is my fave

[@sheilafoster6213]

I have reed the book about her so much was done to her.but did not tell them anything ❤

[@jeanyves5380]

Le SOE n'a pas eu que des réussites, cela prouve la difficulté des missions.

[@danko6582]

Beaulieu isn't pronounced BoLew.

[@jeanyves5380]

Ce que les alliances franco-britaniques peuvent faire de meilleur even if we allways look at each other like fools!

[@tombristowe846]

Beaulieu is pronounced " Bewly " for goodness' sake. What else don't you know?

[@froglegs4910]

伟大的女性！ 英勇的灵魂！ 上帝保佑你！

[@petefluffy7420]

Was there only ONE SOE agent that paid the ultimate price. That sounds like SOE agent was a very safe profession. at the time.

[@petermcculloch4933]

About fifty percent of the female SOE officers survived the war.

[@petefluffy7420]

@@petermcculloch4933 That tells me they had a 50% loss rate. awful. I see you missed the reason for my remark. "THE SOE agent who paid the ultimate price" implies that only one did pay the price.

[@flexinclouds]

​@@petefluffy7420No, it just implies this video is only about one SOE agent in particular

[@petefluffy7420]

@@flexinclouds I was tricked by the "the", it implies only one does it not ? "A SOE Agent..." is accurate. "The SOE agent ..." is not..

[@PoorMansChemist]

😥

[@angloaust1575]

Hazards of espionage german spies in britain probably met Similar fate!

[@katarinasvensson9801]

Wery brave women however if you have children its your duty to not risk your life

[@cutidowny4118]

An (unspeakable==US 😢😢😢) effort regarding women, this one particularly vulnerable and it would seem (unconsciously) abused by everyone involved including the narrator stirring up her ghost. Ghosts are aware when their names or experiences when alive are spoken of. Few understand that it is our words that "ruin the P in RIP". Bury the past, especially wartime stories. Speaking of evil has karmic consequences. As Christ said, "Forgive them, for they know not what they do."

[@shakiMiki]

Can we stop with this cliche the war was about freedom. USA fought with racially segregated units, France & UK were trying to hold on to their colonies. It had fuck all to do with freedom or anti fascism. Western powers chose anti communism over anti Fascism. What ever it was about, it wasn't about this unreflective cliche.

[@marinaknife4595]

Must be nice for you having a rather lacking awareness of big picture history - going through life as an imperious pompous self-righteous dictator with your "off the shelf" slogo-cliches when you are actually like a blunt record needle stuck in a groove on a cracked record of adolescent trope level versions of history.

[@missasinenomine]

Thank you comrade. "WESTERN" powers gives you away, doesn't it? Both Britain & Germany were "western" powers. The fact is, the communist Red Army was an ally of Britain in WW2. They were both fighting Nazi Germany. Remember now? They both fought for freedom from Nazi oppression. What's got into you that you're so bad tempered, & your language is so foul? Are you constipated?

[@marinazagrai1623]

Bel…have you thought that we learn from history, and people know (we’re not children) what society was like and we’ve gotten past that. I wasn’t born in a country that had colonies but I see most politicians are sowing discord just so they can be the saviors.

[@soo6087]

Always easy for people to talk and critique when they didn’t go through this horror 😡

[@aboukirman3508]

The language is just too flowery...gave up after five minutes.😴