HOLY SHIT - Message from Canadian Ham Radio Guy to Americans

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112. Most welcome

Actually, it was the method the French Underground used to communicate with the Allies in England.

"Radio operators played a key role in the Allied liberation of France during World War II. They were parachuted into France to link up with the Resistance and provide a vital link between the Allied command and resistance fighters.
Radio operators in France
Georges Bégué: The first SOE agent to parachute into France in 1941
Noor Inayat Khan: A radio operator for the SOE who was arrested by the Gestapo in 1943
Jedburgh teams: Radio operators who parachuted into France from June to September 1944
Radio operations in France
Radio Londres
Broadcasted to the Resistance, including the first stanza of Paul Verlaine's poem "Chanson d'automne" shortly before the D-Day landings
Allied underground radio operators
Were ruthlessly pursued by the Germans and had a life expectancy of six months
Radio operators and the Resistance
The Germans had a particular interest in turning radio operators who could compromise an entire Resistance network
To avoid capture and torture, the ideal for an agent was to set up, transmit, dismantle, and get away within a maximum of 20 minutes "