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Nancy Wake: The White Mouse
The Gestapo's most wanted person in France was a New Zealand–born Australian woman who led 7,000 resistance fighters and killed an SS sentry with her bare hands.
Unsung individuals whose extraordinary courage and sacrifice often went unrecognized.
7 factsThe Gestapo's most wanted person in France was a New Zealand–born Australian woman who led 7,000 resistance fighters and killed an SS sentry with her bare hands.
A Polish resistance officer deliberately got himself arrested and sent to Auschwitz to gather intelligence and organize a resistance movement inside the death camp.
A medic who refused to carry a weapon saved 75 wounded soldiers at Hacksaw Ridge during one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific War.
A Spanish chicken farmer became history's greatest double agent, creating a fictional spy network of 27 sub-agents that the Nazis paid for and believed in completely.
A French intelligence network codenamed "Noah's Ark" used animal names for all agents and provided critical intelligence on German V-weapon sites.
A pacifist Indian-American princess became an SOE radio operator in occupied Paris, maintaining the only Allied communication link for months before her capture and execution.
A one-legged American woman became one of the most effective Allied spies in France, organizing resistance networks while the Gestapo desperately hunted "the limping lady."