🧵 #OnThisDay, 23 Aug 1941, American Virginia Hall arrives in France to work for the British Special Operations Executive.

Hall ended up on the German's “most wanted” list as 'the limping lady'.

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🧵 #OnThisDay, 23 Aug 1941, American Virginia Hall arrives in France to work for the British Special Operations Executive.

Hall ended up on the German's “most wanted” list as 'the limping lady'.

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She worked for 13 months and was never captured. You can hear her story on the Imperial War Museum site. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80007171

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She worked for 13 months and was never captured. You can hear her story on the Imperial War Museum site. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80007171

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Very early #OnThisDay, 14 Aug 1943, Eliane Plewman parachutes into Nazi-occupied France to become a courier for the Special Operations Executive. The British SOE supported the French resistance. A courier would move messages and equipment between people.

Captured after 7 months, she was executed in Dachau in Sept 1944.

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Very early #OnThisDay, 14 Aug 1943, Eliane Plewman parachutes into Nazi-occupied France to become a courier for the Special Operations Executive. The British SOE supported the French resistance. A courier would move messages and equipment between people.

Captured after 7 months, she was executed in Dachau in Sept 1944.

#WomenInHistory#OTD #History#WomensHistory #WorldWar2#Histodons

Very early #OnThisDay, 7 Jul 1944 Krystyna Skarbek parachutes into France to work as a Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent. The British SOE worked with resistance fighters across German-occupied Europe.

Skarbek had been the first woman to be an SOE agent when she'd previously been sent to Hungary and Poland in 1939-41.

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Very early #OnThisDay, 7 Jul 1944 Krystyna Skarbek parachutes into France to work as a Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent. The British SOE worked with resistance fighters across German-occupied Europe.

Skarbek had been the first woman to be an SOE agent when she'd previously been sent to Hungary and Poland in 1939-41.

#WomenInHistory#OTD #History#WomensHistory#EuropeanHistory #WorldWar2#Histodons

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