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Hace 1 día · Nancy Grace Augusta Wake, AC, GM (30 August 1912 – 7 August 2011), also known as Madame Fiocca and Nancy Fiocca, was a nurse and journalist who joined the French Resistance and later the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II, and briefly pursued a post-war career as an intelligence officer in the Air Ministry.The official historian of the SOE, M. R. D. Foot, said that "her ...
Hace 1 día · Nancy Wake was born on August 30, 1912 in New Zealand. Her parents and siblings moved to Australia when she was only two, where she attended school until she was 16. She decided to run away to ...
Hace 6 días · Nancy Wake (born in Aotearoa/NZ, raised in Australia, nicknamed the White Mouse by the Gestapo). The third category is ‘Resistance Heroes’. Of the 16 names, I recognised: Dietrich Bonhoeffer (pastor of the Evangelisch/Lutheran church); Wilhelm Canaris (German Admiral implicated in an assassination attempt against Hitler);
Hace 2 días · An interesting picture spotted this morning. I had never seen a woman wearing SAS wings before. I was wondering if maybe she was wearing someone else's BD but she seems to be in uniform, complete with sidecap. Interested in any comment this picture may draw. 80 years ago today SOE F Section agents Marguerite (Peggy) Knight and radio operator ...
Hace 3 días · But the Nazis are still in pursuit, threatening both Wake and everyone she loves... This gripping historical fiction novel tells the true story of Nancy Wake's heroic war service, capturing her devastating wit and ferocious courage.
Hace 6 días · In World War II she and her family risked their lives to help Jews and underground workers escape from the Nazis, and for their work they were tested in the infamous Nazi death camps. Among her family, only Corrie survived to tell the story of how faith ultimately triumphs over evil.
Hace 3 días · Nancy Pelosi (born March 26, 1940, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.) is an American Democratic politician who is a congresswoman from California in the U.S. House of Representatives (1987– ), where she served as speaker (2007–11 and 2019–23); she is the first woman to have become speaker of the House.
