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The Lady Is a Spy: Virginia Hall, World War II Hero of the French Resistance. New York, NY: Scholastic Focus. ISBN 978-0-545-93612-5. OCLC 1034621511, a non-fiction book for ages 12–18. [56] Polette, Nancy (2012). The Spy with the Wooden Leg: The Story of Virginia Hall. St. Paul, MN: Alma Little. ISBN 978-1-934617-15-1. OCLC 1285859639, a non ...
Doundoulakis was a spy in the Secret Intelligence Branch (SI) of the Office of Strategic Services, sent to Salonica Greece. [56] Arthur Goldberg: Goldberg was a United Nations ambassador. [57] Virginia Hall: Hall was a spy for the SOE, American OSS and the CIA. Note that the OSS was a precursor to the CIA. [33] Sterling Hayden: Hayden was an ...
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.
The one-legged socialite from Baltimore has only been comparatively recently been publicly acknowledged as an unqualified war heroine
Guérin was 37 years old when she became Virginia Hall's agent. [5] She was already part of the French resistance movement prior to her recruitment into Hall's spy network, however, and she was known for harboring Jews forced into hiding. [6] After Hall fled France, Guérin continued helping resistance fighters, providing them food and shelter. [4]
Guy Ritchie's latest follows a group of British special forces who took on German U-boats during World War II — and helped inspire James Bond. Here's what's fact and what's fiction.
“Recording Evil,” a landmark documentary project exposing the largest spy operation in World War II, has started filming across three continents. The documentary was commissioned by Israel’s ...
The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a clandestine organization of the United Kingdom during World War II. The purpose of SOE was to conduct espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance in countries occupied by the Axis powers. SOE agents allied themselves with resistance groups and supplied them with weapons and equipment parachuted in from ...