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In this episode, we have Lucy Fisher, the

award-winning journalist and author who is deputy political editor at the

Daily Telegraph. Lucy has a new book out. It's called Women in the War

and it tells the first-hand stories of 10 of the last surviving female members of Britain's greatest generation.

We go through those who are flying spitfires across the country, working in munitions factories or deep in the cabinet war rooms with Winston Churchill.

Each of these women in Lucy's book highlights the crucial contribution made to the conflict by women during the Second

World War.

It's a fascinating book because it's told by the women in their own words because Lucy was

able to interview each and every one of them,

many of whom are in their 90s and beyond.

And what wisdom comes with those years?

So here's the fantastic Lucy Fisher on the women in warfare podcast. How are you doing today?

Very well James, how are you? I am good the sun is out here. I mean it looks like it's going to be the last day of summer if I'm

completely honest, but I'll make the most of it while at last you must be pretty excited at the moment when this goes out your your book will already be out

I'm really excited about that and just delighted to be on the history hit podcast. So thanks for having me. I'm a big fan of your show and yeah, it's so exciting to be talking about my book and the subject of women in the Second World War.

Yes, so it's called Women in the War and it is about some of the most remarkable women who served in a vast array of pivotal roles during the Second World War.

I really like that element of it. I like being able to go through all the various layers from those who worked in government and the cabinet war rooms all the way through to those

individual stories,

tell us what made you want to talk about it as well.

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