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In World War II, 37 women were dropped in occupied France to work as Special Operations Executive agents. This is the story of eight of these female agents, all from civilian life, who volunteered for a life of resistance work, undercover operations and a constant fear of discovery.
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The women who lived for danger: the women agents of SOE in the Second World War
2003, Chivers Press
in English
- Large print ed.
0754019365 9780754019367
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Table of Contents
A note on SOE
1. Recruitment and training
2. An agent's life
3. Christina Granville
4. Virginia Hall
5. Lise de Baissac
6. Noor Inayat Khan
7. Pearl Witherington
8. Paddy O'Sullivan
9. Violette Szabo
10. Marguerite "Peggy" Knight
11. Paola Del Din
12. Alix d'Unienville.
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Originally published: 2002.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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