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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

Very early #OnThisDay, 4 Jan 1944, Anne-Marie Walters parachutes into occupied France to become a British Special Operations Executive agent. The SOE supported the French Resistance to Nazi occupation.

In August 1944 she escapes over the Pyrenees, and later writes a book about her exploits.

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

Cover of "Moondrop to Gascony" by Anne Marie Walters. The cover illustration is a woman dragging her parachute to the ground.
Cover of "Moondrop to Gascony" by Anne Marie Walters. The cover illustration is a woman dragging her parachute to the ground.
Cover of "Moondrop to Gascony" by Anne Marie Walters. The cover illustration is a woman dragging her parachute to the ground.
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