D-Day Girls : The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II
Crown, Sarah Rose
D-Day Girls : The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II Sarah Rose Crown - First edition - xi, 384 pages 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Part 1. God help us -- Ungentlemanly warfare -- A first class agent -- The queen of the organization -- Merde alors! -- To the very last man -- Part 2. 1000 dangers -- The dark years -- Alone in the world -- Robert est arrivé -- The Paris of the Sahara -- Our possibilities -- The demolition must never fail -- An obstinate woman -- An endless Calvary -- The swap -- The dog sneezed on the curtains -- Hunted -- When the hour of action strikes -- Part 3. Kisses -- A patriotic profession -- A little braver -- The sighing begins -- Death on one side, life on the other -- Your mind goes on thinking -- Epilogue: a useful life.
"The ... story of the ... women recruited by Britain's elite spy agency to sabotage the Nazis, shore up the Resistance, and pave the way for Allied victory in World War II"--Provided by publisher.
9780451495082 9780451495099
2018038372
Odette, 1912-1995
Borrel, Andréé, 1919-1944
Baissac, Lise de, 1905-2004
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain
Women spies--History--Great Britain--20th century
Women spies--Great Britain--Biography
Espionage, British--History--France--20th century
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France
World War, 1939-1945--Women--Great Britain
Biographies
D810.S7 / C766 2019
940.54/864109252
D-Day Girls : The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II Sarah Rose Crown - First edition - xi, 384 pages 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Part 1. God help us -- Ungentlemanly warfare -- A first class agent -- The queen of the organization -- Merde alors! -- To the very last man -- Part 2. 1000 dangers -- The dark years -- Alone in the world -- Robert est arrivé -- The Paris of the Sahara -- Our possibilities -- The demolition must never fail -- An obstinate woman -- An endless Calvary -- The swap -- The dog sneezed on the curtains -- Hunted -- When the hour of action strikes -- Part 3. Kisses -- A patriotic profession -- A little braver -- The sighing begins -- Death on one side, life on the other -- Your mind goes on thinking -- Epilogue: a useful life.
"The ... story of the ... women recruited by Britain's elite spy agency to sabotage the Nazis, shore up the Resistance, and pave the way for Allied victory in World War II"--Provided by publisher.
9780451495082 9780451495099
2018038372
Odette, 1912-1995
Borrel, Andréé, 1919-1944
Baissac, Lise de, 1905-2004
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain
Women spies--History--Great Britain--20th century
Women spies--Great Britain--Biography
Espionage, British--History--France--20th century
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France
World War, 1939-1945--Women--Great Britain
Biographies
D810.S7 / C766 2019
940.54/864109252