This episode of Battleground 44' explores the incredible story of Polish resistance fighter Elzbieta Zawacka, who ended the second world war as one of the most highly decorated women in Polish history.
To delve deeper into her experieces Saul speaks to historian and author Clare Mulley who has recently written the book Agent Zo: The Untold Story of Fearless WW2 Resistence fighter Elzbieta Zawacka.
Agent Zo was the only woman to reach London from Warsaw during the Second World War as an emissary of the Polish Home Army command, and then in Britain she became the only woman to join the Polish elite Special Forces, known as the 'Silent Unseen'.
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15. Going home
14. Surrender
13. The Battle of Wireless Ridge
12. The Battle for the Mountains
11. Disaster on the Sir Galahad
10. The race for Port Stanley
9. The Battle of Goose Green
8. The sinking of HMS Coventry and Atlantic Conveyor
7. The Battle of San Carlos Water
6. The landing
5. The point of no return
4. The Sinking of the Belgrano & HMS Sheffield
3. Diplomacy fails, and retaking South Georgia
2. The Task Force sails
1. A failure of intelligence
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