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'The Gestapo called her the White Mouse. Nancy Wake, an Australian who became one of the most highly decorated women of World War II, here tells her own story.
'After living and working in Paris in the 1930's, Nancy married a wealthy Frenchman and settled in Marseilles. Her idyllic new life was ended by World War II and her work with an escape-route network for Allied soldiers. Eventually Nancy had to escape from France herself to avoid capture by the Gestapo.
'In London she trained with the Special Operations Executive as a secret agent and saboteur before parachuting back into France. Nancy became a leading figure in the Maquis of the Auvergne district in charge of finance and obtaining arms, and helping to forge the Maquis into a superb fighting force.' (Publication summary)
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Works about this Work
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The Man for a Mouse
2011
single work
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2 September 2011; (p. 34) -
'No Time To Be Frail' : Nancy Wake, Resistance Heroine, 1940-1944
2008
single work
biography
— Appears in: Je Suis Australienne: Remarkable Women in France, 1880-1945 2008; (p. 151-187)
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'No Time To Be Frail' : Nancy Wake, Resistance Heroine, 1940-1944
2008
single work
biography
— Appears in: Je Suis Australienne: Remarkable Women in France, 1880-1945 2008; (p. 151-187) -
The Man for a Mouse
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2 September 2011; (p. 34)