One of the first women to serve in #WW2, #Zo was the only female member of the Polish elite Special Forces #Cichociemni, & the only woman to parachute from Britain to Nazi German occupied Poland, where her service helped save thousands of lives.
W ramach akcji dokonano także pierwszego rzutu zasobników z radiostacjami, bronią oraz materiałami wybuchowymi, które jednak zostały przejęte przez Niemców.
#OperacjaAdolphus #Cichociemni #HistoriaWywiadu
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Zo was the only female member of Poland’s elite special forces in #WW2, the #Cichociemni or #SilentUnseen, trained in Britain… she helped save 1000s of lives…
Laying a wreath to remember the #Cichociemni or #SilentUnseen, the elite Polish #SpecialForces during the #SecondWorldWar, who trained at #AudleyEnd house. The only woman among them #ElżbietaZawacka aka #Zo.
#LestWeForget
it was an honour to officially launch the Polish edition of my book, #AgentkaZo, under the 4-engine American Liberator bomber in the main hall of the @warsawrisingmuseum .
Several children of the elite Polish #2WW special forces, the #Cichociemni or #SilentUnseen were with us!
it was an honour to officially launch the Polish edition of my book, #AgentkaZo, under the 4-engine American Liberator bomber in the main hall of the @warsawrisingmuseum .
Several children of the elite Polish #2WW special forces, the #Cichociemni or #SilentUnseen were with us!
Interviewed by Polish @TVPWorld_com abt the Polish elite special forces in #WW2, the #Cichociemni or #SilentUnseen.
After training in GB under #SOE auspices, 316 were parachuted behind enemy lines to support resistance… inc 1 woman: #ElżbietaZawacka #Zo.
#AgentZo #AgentkaZo
Paying my respects at the grave of the teacher, soldier, historian General Professor Elżbieta Zawacka, aka Zo, this morning at St George’s cemetery, Toruń.
White and red flowers, the colours of Poland.
#ElżbietaZawacka #cichociemni #cichociemna #Zo #AgentZo #AgentkaZo
Thrilled that #AgentkaZo is published in #Poland on 24 Sept!
#ElżbietaZawacka, aka #Zo, was the only woman in the Polish elite special forces, the #Cichociemni, in #WW2.
2-14 Oct I will be touring Poland, details l soon…
Plse join me & plse help to spread the word!
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A fitting end to #VEDay80, at #AudleyEndHouse, where the elite Polish special forces, #Cichociemni or #SilentUnseen trained during #WW2. We lit a (small) beacon, sang, then walked home in the moonlight.
Thank you @englishheritage.bsky.social
#BOTD 1909, #ElżbietaZawacka, aka #Zo, was the only woman to parachute fm Britain > Nazi German-occupied Poland during #WW2, as the only woman in the elite Polish special forces, the #Cichociemni or #SilentUnseen.
As told in my @WomensPrize Non Fiction longlisted bk #AgentZo!
Wśród pierwszych cichociemnych znajdowali się rotmistrz Józef „Żbik” Zabielski, major Stanisław „Kostka” Krzymowski oraz kurier Czesław „Orkan” Raczkowski 🪂
#OperacjaAdolphus #Cichociemni #Historiawywiadu
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Honoured to lay the wreath to the elite Polish special forces #Cichociemni who trained at nearby #AudleyEndHouse during #WW2, before parachuting into enemy-occupied Europe.
I have been laying this wreath for 10 yrs, & this yr particularly remember #ElżbietaZawacka aka # Zo.
‘Microfilm hidden inside the shaft of a door key & a brass cigarette lighter…’
What better lunchtime reading than my article on #WW2 #resistance fighter #AgentZo, in the current #BBC History Mag...
#ElżbietaZawacka #ElizabethWatson #Zo #womeninwar #silentunseen #cichociemni
35,000 Polish troops regrouped overseas after Poland's occupation in #WW2. Most were posted > Scotland. Over 500 completed rigorous training, & 316 parachuted back behind enemy lines as the elite #Cichociemni (#SilentUnseen).
Among them, just 1 woman, #AgentZo.
@BordersBookFest
Londoners... I’m giving my 1st illustrated #AgentZo talk tomorrow eve, 7pm at #ClaphamLibrary for #LamLitFest24.
Please come over be inspired by this remarkable hidden story from #WW2!
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#elżbietazawacka #elżbietazawacka #zo #cichociemni #silentunseen
#AudleyEndHouse has #WW2 weapons labels in the Victorian laundry cupboards!
This was a training base for the Polish #specialforces, #Cichociemni (#SilentUnseen). The only woman among them was #ElżbietaZawacka aka ‘#Zo’… subject of my new book - out in May - #AgentZo!
Today, 1941, the 1st #SilentUnseen or #Cichociemni elite Polish #SpecialForces, parachuted from GB to Nazi-occupied #Poland.
Over 2,500 volunteered, 800 selected, 579 completed training, 316 saw action in Poland, inc
1 woman: #ElżbietaZawacka aka Zo.
#AgentZo is out on 16 May!
