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The Nightingale (2015) is a historical fiction novel by American author Kristin Hannah published by St. Martin's Press.The book tells the story of two sisters in France during World War II and their struggle to survive and resist the German occupation there.
Simone Segouin, a female combatant of the French Resistance in Chartres on August 23, 1944. Women in the French Resistance played an important role in the context of resistance against occupying German forces during World War II. Women represented 15 to 20% of the total number of French Resistance fighters within the country.
Rose Valland (1898–1980), French art historian and museum curator of Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume; Marina Vega (1923–2011), Spanish spy for French Resistance; Jean-Pierre Vernant (1914–2007), French philologist and anthropologist; Berthe Vicogne-Fraser (1894–1956)
Pages in category "Female resistance members of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 275 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Simone Segouin (French: [simɔn səɡwɛ̃]; 3 October 1925 – 21 February 2023), also known by her nom de guerre Nicole Minet (French: [nikɔl minɛ]), was a French Resistance fighter who served in the Francs-tireurs et partisans group during World War II. Among her first acts of resistance was stealing a bicycle from a German patrol, which ...
The proportion of French people who participated in organized resistance has been estimated at from one to three percent of the total population. [4] The French Resistance played a significant role in facilitating the Allies' rapid advance through France following the invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944.
Dieter’s French girlfriend Stephanie assumes the role of Mademoiselle Lemas and is able to convince Helicopter, a new radio operator, that she and Dieter are part of the resistance. Flick senses something wrong at their original drop site, so she and her team parachute into France at an alternate location.
Gertrude Mary Lindell (11 September 1895 – 8 January 1987), [1] Comtesse de Milleville, code named Marie-Claire and Comtesse de Moncy, was an English woman, a front-line nurse in World War I and a member of the French Resistance in World War II.