Nancy Wake : SOE's greatest heroine / Russell Braddon.

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Braddon, Russell, 1921-1995 [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Stroud : History, 2012.Description: 287 p., [8] p. plates : ill., ports. ; 20cmISBN:

9780752454856
0752454854
0330202499
9780330202497

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Summary: Nancy Wake is one of the true heroines of the Second World War. Born in New Zealand, she was living in Marseille and was married to Frenchman Henri Fiocca when the Germans invaded. Nancy immediately became active in the Resistance movement, smuggling messages and food to underground groups in Southern France and helping refugees flee to Spain. By 1943 she was on the Gestapo most wanted list. Their nickname for her, due to her elusiveness, was the White Mouse.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Non-Fiction	Waimate Event Centre - Long term storage	Non Fiction	940.534 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	Not for loan		A00729956

Includes index.

Nancy Wake is one of the true heroines of the Second World War. Born in New Zealand, she was living in Marseille and was married to Frenchman Henri Fiocca when the Germans invaded. Nancy immediately became active in the Resistance movement, smuggling messages and food to underground groups in Southern France and helping refugees flee to Spain. By 1943 she was on the Gestapo most wanted list. Their nickname for her, due to her elusiveness, was the White Mouse.

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