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The Women Who Lived for Danger: Behind Enemy Lines During WWII

The Women Who Lived for Danger: Behind Enemy Lines During WWII

Binney, Marcus

Paperback

British HistoryWomen's StudiesWorld War II

ISBN10: 0060540885
ISBN13: 9780060540883
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: Oct 5 2004
Pages: 416
Weight: 0.80
Height: 1.02 Width: 5.28 Depth: 8.02
Language: English

They flirted with men, and with death. In The Women Who Lived for Danger, acclaimed historian Marcus Binney recounts the story of ten remarkable women -- some famous, some virtually unknown -- recruited to work behind enemy lines as secret agents during WWII. Part of Winston Churchill's Special Operations Executive, formed in 1940 to set Europe ablaze, the women of the SOE were trained to handle guns and explosives, work undercover, endure interrogation by the Gestapo, and use complex codes. Once in enemy territory, theirs was the most dangerous war of all, leading an apparently normal civilian life but in constant danger of arrest and execution. Passing themselves off as country wenches by afternoon and chic Parisiennes by night, these women put service to Britain and the Allied forces above all concerns for personal safety -- they organized dropping grounds for arms and explosives destined for the Resistance, helped operate escape lines for airmen who had been shot down over Europe, and provided Allied Command with vital intelligence.

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