Mission France: The True History of the Women of SOE

Mission France: The True History of the Women of SOEThe full story of the thirty nine female SOE agents who went undercover in France. But while some are widely knownViolette Szabo, Odette Sansom, Noor Inayat Khanothers have had their stories largely overlooked. Kate Vigurs interweaves for the first time the stories of all thirty nine female agents. Tracing their journeys from early recruitment to work undertaken in the field, to evasion from, or capture by, the Gestapo, Vigurs shows just how greatly

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