(1/5) Timewatch The Princess Spy World War II

Khan was a wartime British secret agent of Indian descent who was the first female radio operator sent into Nazi-occupied France by the Special Operations Executive (SOE). She was arrested and eventually killed by the Gestapo.
Noor Inayat Khan was born on New Year's Day 1914 in Moscow to an Indian father and an American mother. She was a direct descendant of Tipu Sultan, the celebrated eighteenth century Muslim ruler of Mysore. Khan's father was a musician and Sufi teacher. He moved his family first to London and then to Paris, where Khan was educated and later worked writing childrens' stories. Khan escaped to England after the fall of France and in November 1940 she joined the WAAF (the Women's Auxiliary Air Force). In late 1942, she was recruited to join SOE as a radio operator. Although some of those who trained her were unsure about her suitability, in June 1943 she was flown to France to become the radio operator for the 'Prosper' resistance network in Paris, with the codename "Madeleine". Many members of the network were arrested shortly afterwards but she chose to remain in France and spent the summer moving from place to place, trying to send messages back to London while avoiding capture.
In October Khan was betrayed by a Frenchwoman and arrested by the Gestapo. She had unwisely kept copies of all her secret signals and the Germans were able to use her radio to trick London into sending new agents - straight into the hands of the waiting Gestapo. Khan escaped from prison but was recaptured a few hours later. In November 1943, she was sent to Pforzheim prison in Germany where she was kept in chains and in solitary confinement. Despite repeated torture, she refused to reveal any information. In September 1944, Khan and three other female SOE agents were transferred to Dachau concentration camp where on 13 September they were shot.
For her courage, in 1949 Noor Khan was posthumously awarded the George Cross

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[redriot74]

i found interesting 5* thks for uploading!if you dont mind me asking whats coming next?!!!!your documentarys are damn good and i eagerly await your next uploads

[2bn442RCT]

Timewatch Hell for Hitler something like that I will post it 5/12/09 10am USA Pacific time. Tuesdays are my upload day. SHHHH thats a secret. lol

[Alan Heath]

I am looking forward to seeing this as soon as I get a good internet connection!!

[2bn442RCT]

dam how slow is your internet.

[Alan Heath]

At home it was not working properly - I will watch it at lunch time as I eat!

[2bn442RCT]

Oh ok these files are pretty large like 200 megs every 10 minutes so slow connections might have trouble.

[patsyd80]

never heard about this before. interesting

[ubuibiok]

★★★★★

[Infinitelure2008]

Rated 5*.

Great Documentary.

Fantastic Lady.

[Sandeep vashsisht]

i hate to salute but i i salute to her

[Alan Heath]

Normally there is no problem - only at home it is sometimes weak because I share a line as I am travelling around 40% of the time!

[redriot74]

thanks for the inside info friend lol and i look forward to your next installment, thks again

[kheldara]

Are you sure mean you read the book was by her brother, as they have not written any biographies. There are two, one by Jean Overton Fuller, written in the 1950's. The more recent one is by Shrabani Basu.