From Christine Granville to Noor Inayat Khan, who are the women secret agents who worked behind enemy lines in WWII? In our latest article, we delve into their stories with history teacher Shalina Patel RemembranceDay:
While you may be familiar with the stories of women who served as nurses or in factories during World War Two, you’ve probably heard much less about the agents of the Special Operations Executive.
“They were involved in sabotage missions. They were involved in linking up with different resistance groups across Europe. They were involved in assassinations as well. Churchill said in 1940 that his aim for the SOE was to, quote, 'set Europe ablaze!' They did a huge amount to disrupt the Nazis from within.”Christine Granville
“She was all over the place during the Second World War. She did a lot of work in Poland. She was parachuted into France in 1944. She was a vital part of the resistance. She smuggled intelligence. “What's amazing about her is that she trekked across the Pyrenees with her wooden leg because of course, she couldn't go through borders. And what I love about Virginia’s story is that she survived the war and she didn't stop there. She didn't put her feet up and say: 'Do you know what? I'm done.'
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