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D-Day girls, the spies who armed the resistance, sabotaged the Nazis, and helped win World War II, Sarah Rose

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D-Day girls, the spies who armed the resistance, sabotaged the Nazis, and helped win World War II, Sarah Rose

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-371) and index

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contains biographical information

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illustrations

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index present

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non fiction

Main title

D-Day girls

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bibliography

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Sarah Rose

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the spies who armed the resistance, sabotaged the Nazis, and helped win World War II

Summary

"In 1942 the Allies were losing, Germany seemed unstoppable, and every able man in England was on the front lines. To "set Europe ablaze," in the words of Winston Churchill, the Special Operations Executive had to do something unprecedented: recruit women as spies. Thirty-nine answered the call, leaving their lives and their families to become saboteurs in France. They destroyed train lines, ambushed Nazis, plotted prison breaks, and gathered crucial intelligence--laying the groundwork for the D-Day invasion that provide to be the turning point in the war."--Back cover

Table Of Contents

God help us -- Ungentlemanly warfare -- A first class agent -- The queen of the organization -- Merde alors! -- To the very last man -- A thousand dangers -- The dark years -- Alone in the world -- Robert est arrivé -- The Paris of the Sahara -- Our possibilities -- The demolition must never fail -- An obstinate woman -- An endless Calvary -- The swap -- The dog sneezed on the curtains -- Hunted -- When the hour of action strikes -- Kisses -- A patriotic profession -- A little braver -- The sighing begins -- Death on one side, life on the other -- Your mind goes on thinking

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Spies who armed the resistance, sabotaged the Nazis, and helped win World War II

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