The Six Triple Eight: Forgotten battalion of black women celebrated in film

A new film tells the story of the women who solved a huge postal crisis during World War Two.

Forgotten battalion of black women celebrated in film 20 December 2024 Share Save Add as preferred on Google Joanne Writtle BBC Midlands Today Netflix The Six Triple Eight is released on Netflix on Friday, 20 December They were given a task others had failed - and they were given it because they were not expected to succeed. The intriguing story of 855 black women who came to Birmingham from America to solve a two-year postal backlog during World War Two - handling 17 million letters that would have otherwise gone unseen - has been made into a film. "Ladies, we have been ordered to provide hop

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