D-Day girls: the spies who armed the resistance, sabotaged the Nazis, and helped win World War II
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"In 1942, the Allies were losing, Germany seemed unstoppable, and every able man in England was fighting. Believing that Britain was locked in an existential battle, Winston Churchill had already created a secret agency, the Special Operations Executive (SOE), whose spies were trained in everything from demolition to sharpshooting. Their job, he declared, was to "set Europe ablaze." But with most men on the front lines, the SOE was forced to do something unprecedented: recruit women. Thirty-nine answered the call, leaving their lives and families to become saboteurs in France. In [this book], Sarah Rose draws on recently declassified files, diaries, and oral histories to tell the thrilling story of three of these remarkable women. There's Andrée Borrel, a scrappy and streetwise Parisian who blew up power lines with the Gestapo hot on her heels; Odette Sansom, an unhappily married suburban mother who saw the SOE as her ticket out of domestic life and into a meaningful adventure; and Lise de Baissac, a fiercely independent member of French colonial high society and the SOE's unflappable "queen." Together, they destroyed train lines, ambushed Nazis, plotted prison breaks, and gathered crucial intelligence--laying the groundwork for the D-Day invasion that proved to be the turning point in the war. Rigorously researched and written with razor-sharp wit, D-Day Girls is an inspiring story for our own moment of resistance: a reminder of what courage--and the energy of politically animated women--can accomplish when the stakes seem incalculably high."--Dust jacket.
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Baissac, Lise de
Baissac, Lise de, -- 1905-2004
Biography
Biography & Autobiography
Borrel, Andrée
Borrel, Andrée, -- 1919-1944
Espionage, British
Espionage, British -- France -- History -- 20th century
History
Nonfiction
Odette
Odette, -- 1912-1995
Politics
Secret service
Underground movements
Women
Women spies
Women spies -- Great Britain -- Biography
Women spies -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Great Britain
Baissac, Lise de, -- 1905-2004
Biography
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Borrel, Andrée
Borrel, Andrée, -- 1919-1944
Espionage, British
Espionage, British -- France -- History -- 20th century
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Odette
Odette, -- 1912-1995
Politics
Secret service
Underground movements
Women
Women spies
Women spies -- Great Britain -- Biography
Women spies -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Great Britain
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9780451495082
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9780451495082
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D-Day girls : the spies who armed the resistance, sabotaged the Nazis, and helped win World War II
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D-Day Girls The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II
D-Day girls : the spies who armed the resistance, sabotaged the Nazis, and helped win World War II / Sarah Rose
D-Day girls : the spies who armed the resistance, sabotaged the Nazis, and helped win World War II / Sarah Rose
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D-Day girls
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the spies who armed the resistance, sabotaged the Nazis, and helped win World War II
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