✍ Scribed by Baissac, Lise de;Borrel, Andrée;Crown, Sarah Rose;Odette
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The dramatic, untold true story of the extraordinary women recruited by Britain's elite spy agency to help pave the way for Allied victory in World War II
"Gripping. Spies, romance, Gestapo thugs, blown-up trains, courage, and treachery (lots of treachery) --and all of it true."--Erik Larson, author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake
In 1942,**** the Allies were losing, Germany seemed unstoppable, and every able man in England was on the front lines. To "set Europe ablaze," in the words of Winston Churchill, the Special Operations Executive (SOE) was forced to do something unprecedented: recruit women as spies. Thirty-nine answered the call, leaving their lives and families to become saboteurs in France.
In D-Day Girls , Sarah Rose draws on recently declassified files, diaries, and oral histories to tell the thrilling story of three of these remarkable women. There's Andree Borrel, a scrappy and...
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