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The following is a list of female agents who served in the field for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II. SOE's objectives were to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in occupied Europe (and later, also in occupied Southeast Asia) against the Axis powers, and to aid local resistance movements.
Andrée Raymonde Borrel (18 November 1919 – 6 July 1944), code named Denise, was a French woman who served in the French Resistance and as an agent for Britain's clandestine Special Operations Executive in World War II. [1][2][3] The purpose of SOE was to conduct espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance in occupied Europe against the Axis ...
Madeleine Damerment. Anne Dawson (secret agent) Elizabeth Devereux-Rochester. Velvalee Dickinson. Maria Dobrova. Juliette Dodu. Madame d'Oettlinger. Nancy Hart Douglas. Rachel Dübendorfer.
Craig R. Gralley She was a thirty-five-year-old journalist from Baltimore, conspicuous by reddish hair, a strong American accent, an artificial foot, and an imperturbable temper; she took risks often but intelligently. M. R. D. Foot I would give anything to get my hands on that limping Canadian [sic] bitch. reportedly Klaus Barbie, Gestapo chief, Lyon. Early life Virginia Hall was born in ...
Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan, GC (1 January 1914 – 13 September 1944), also known as Nora Inayat-Khan and Nora Baker, was a British resistance agent in France in the Second World War who served in the Special Operations Executive (SOE). The purpose of SOE was to conduct espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance in countries occupied by the Axis ...
Violette Reine Elizabeth Szabo, GC (née Bushell; 26 June 1921 – c.5 February 1945) was a British-French Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent during the Second World War and a posthumous recipient of the George Cross. On her second mission into occupied France, Szabo was captured by the German army, interrogated, tortured, and deported to ...
Elyesa Bazna. Code name Cicero; worked for the British ambassador in Ankara and photographed many top-secrets documents for Nazi Germany. Edward Kerling. Kerling was the leader of Operation Pastorius. Executed in 1942. Herbert Hans Haupt. Haupt was a member of Operation Pastorius. Executed in 1942. Richard Kauder.
Maria Krystyna Janina Skarbek, OBE , GM (Polish pronunciation: [krɨˈstɨna ˈskarbɛk], / krɪstiːnəskɑːrbɛk /; 1 May 1908 [ a ][ b ][ 4 ] – 15 June 1952), also known as Christine Granville, [ 2 ] was a Polish agent of the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the Second World War. She became celebrated for her daring ...