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

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…

A wreath for the Polish special forces paras, the #cichociemni or #SilentUnseen, who trained at nearby #AudleyEndHouse.
#LestWeForget2023

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

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!

#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!

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

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!

‘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

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!

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

This is #Zo, #botd 1909 as #ElżbietaZawacka, a fearless #WW2 #resistance fighter.
Zo was the only female member of the elite special forces, the #SilentUnseen, & the only woman to parachute from Britain to Nazi-occupied #Poland.
My new book, #AgentZo, is published on 16 May…!

#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!

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