D-Day girls [LP] : the spies who armed the resistance, sabotaged the Nazis, and helped win World War II
by Rose, Sarah, 1974- (Author)
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, lea... Full description
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. |
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Physical Description: |
695 pages (large print) : map ; 23 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 639-688). |
ISBN: |
9781432866129 1432866125 |