Codebreakers and Agent Sophie | Woeful Second War | Horrible Histories

so my idea is we write everything backwards so to the enemy it will look like complete gobbledygook it's brilliant for example if we were to write the word i we would do it backwards like so i a bad example if we're writing the word madam we do it backwards like this um if we're writing the word race car then we'd spell it backward which would be yes i think it might be back to the drawing board with that one all been yes perhaps you're right i tell you this secret code lock is a darn tricky business isn't it just well thanks for nothing my word agent saunders we thought you're in that prison camp at drancy no i escaped no thanks to you idiots steady on now chap steady on i've just crossed the whole of occupied france with no money and no map did you even get my letter some time ago i'm afraid it didn't make a great deal of sense i use sergeant hall's cove just like you said escape plans january 2nd send map and money you just read every word after the punctuation just like we discussed ah every word after the punctuation we were reading everywhere before the punctuation please prepare the old goat for wedding man earth would i say that well we were rather confused as was the goat [Music] so it turns out you're better at this secret code lark than we are would you mind helping us with this one old boy ah yes now we got this letter from agent blankenshop about three weeks ago and so far we've been unable to work out which cody's been using trapped in paris please send help now what is he trying to tell us there's a message in there somewhere oh i'm going for a bath do you actually think he's trapped in paris do you where's paris true or false spies in world war ii sometimes used we to write letters it's true it worked like invisible ink when the paper was heated the wii writing became visible yes british spies had lots of cunning devices and all the gadgets you're about to see really were used in world war ii are you agent sophie yes i am she agent sophie welcome to france i am claude you're contacting the french resistance uh i understand you have some instructions for me yes there is my suitcase here you go wait a minute you come all the way to german occupied france to tell me i need a wash and to brush my teeth no of course not although the secret instructions are hidden inside the soap and the toothpaste they're written on silk oh this is very clever so if the germans search your suitcase they won't find anything ingenious we thought so so tell me what do you have hidden inside these things well the hairbrush contains some spare money and the chess set has a map of france hidden in it just in case i lose my way amazing your british secret agents have so many things hidden inside other things it is wonderful oh but i see you all so i've brought some dinner and what's this hola bottle of wine oh no no no be careful with that the bottle of wine is actually a bomb of course it is i should have guessed next you'll be telling me that you have hidden a machine gun inside this fish yes is it that obvious i'll have to tell the boffins in london to work on that they really are geniuses you know they've even made minds that look just like animal poo ah so you are telling me what this cow pet is actually a landman oh it even smells like the real thing no no no that that is an actual cow pad i didn't bring that with me mean and cruel stuff they don't teach you at school the past is no longer you enjoyed horrible history

Channel: Horrible Histories

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Id: RC9ubzjP3f8

Length: 4min 21sec (261 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 28 2020