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3 days ago · Summary: Nancy Wake, nicknamed 'the white mouse' for her ability to evade capture, 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 the invasion of France.
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- 2009
4 days ago · From 1940 to 1943, she saved the lives of hundreds of soldiers by guiding them through occupied France to Spain. During this time, she had numerous close calls with the Nazis, but always managed to elude capture. They called her “la souris blanche” (the white mouse).
1 day ago · In the smoke of World War II, there was a woman who became a nightmare for the Nazis with her extraordinary courage and wisdom, and she was Nancy Wake, who was known as "the bravest beauty spy". Her story...
4 days ago · From the moment the German army invaded France in World War II, Nancy Wake was part of the resistance movement. By 1943, she was on the Gestapo’s most wanted list, nicknamed the White Mouse for how easily she evaded their traps.
3 days ago · Reissue of a biography of Australian war heroine Nancy Wake (1912- ), first published in trade paperback 2001. Tells how in the early 1930s Wake was enjoying a bohemian lifestyle in Paris but by the end of the Second World War she was the Gestapo's most wanted person.
5 days ago · Nancy Wake was a British agent who served during World War 2. She worked with the French Resistance. - test your knowledge in this quiz! (Author skirwood)
4 days ago · Nancy Wake was born in New Zealand but grew up in Australia and is one of the most decorated women of WWII. She was code-named the 'White Mouse' by the Gestapo because she continuously eluded capture.
