Noni Hazlehurst
Nancy Wake
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Nancy Grace Augusta Wake, AC, GM (30 August 1912 – 7 August 2011), also known as Madame Fiocca and Nancy Fiocca, was a nurse and journalist who joined the French Resistance and later the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II, and briefly pursued a post-war career as an intelligence officer in the Air Ministry.
Aug 13, 2011 · An obituary last Sunday about Nancy Wake, a British agent who worked with the French Resistance during World War II, referred incorrectly to two of the honors she received. She was given the ...
Feb 7, 2018 · Updated February 27, 2024. Nancy Wake was far from a damsel in distress, and by the end of the war was number one on the Gestapo's Most Wanted list. Wikimedia Commons. Nancy Wake during her time as a Maquis fighter. On March 1, 1944, French Resistance Captain Henri Tardivat found Nancy Wake tangled in a tree.
Collection. Nancy Grace Augusta Wake. Photograph P00885.001. Description. Nancy Wake, a prominent figure in the French Resistance during the Second World War, was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on 30 August 1912. Her family moved to Sydney, where she grew up, when Nancy was just 20 months old.
Nancy Wake (aka The White Mouse) was the Allies most decorated woman during World War 2, saving thousands of soldiers and eventually becoming the #1 most wanted person by the German Gestapo in 1943.
Nancy Wake (1912–2011), an agent for the Special Operations Executive, was the most wanted woman in France during the Second World War. Dubbed the 'White Mouse' by the Nazis, she was the one...
Nancy Wake was appalled by the sight of Nazi gangs beating Jewish people in the streets of Vienna in Austria before World War II started. How might these experiences have affected her actions during the war? The French Resistance was formed after German armed forces invaded France in 1940.
