Nancy Wake (1912–2011)
Auteur de The White Mouse: The Autobiography of the Woman the Gestapo Called the White Mouse
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Crédit image: Studio portrait of Nancy Wake c. 1945
Œuvres de Nancy Wake
The White Mouse: The Autobiography of the Woman the Gestapo Called the White Mouse (1985) 143 exemplaires
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- Nom légal
- Wake, Nancy Grace Augusta
- Autres noms
- White Mouse
Foreward, Nancy Grace Augusta (second marriage)
Fiocca, Nancy Grace Augusta (first marriage) - Date de naissance
- 1912-08-30
- Date de décès
- 2011-08-07
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- New Zealand (birth)
Australia - Lieu de naissance
- Roseneath, New Zealand
- Lieu du décès
- London, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Paris, France
Marseille, France - Professions
- freelance journalist
resistance fighter - Relations
- Rake, Denis (colleague)
- Organisations
- Special Operations Executive
- Prix et distinctions
- George Medal
Medal of Freedom (U.S.)
Médaille de la Résistance
Croix de Guerre
Legion d'Honneur (1988)
Order of Australia (Companion, 2004) - Courte biographie
- Nancy Wake joined the French Resistance when Germany invaded in June 1940. Her code names included "White Mouse" and "Andrée." She had to flee France in 1943 when the escape network with which she was working was betrayed. She later parachuted back into France as an SOE liaison with the maquis. She coordinated resistance activity prior to the Allied invasion in June 1944 and recruited more members to the cause. She became one of the most highly decorated officers of World War II.
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- Membres
- 144
- Popularité
- #143,281
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 6
- ISBN
- 12
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