The Women Who Lived for Danger
About this book
In World War II, 37 women were dropped in occupied France to work as Special Operations Executive agents. This is the story of eight of these female agents, all from civilian life, who volunteered for a life of resistance work, undercover operations and a constant fear of discovery.
Subjects
- biography
- great britain
- great britain. army. special operations executive
- great britain, special operations executive
- great britain. special operations executive
- secret service
- women
- women, biography
- women, great britain
- women intelligence officers
- women spies
- world war, 1939-1945
- world war, 1939-1945, secret service, great britain
- world war, 1939-1945, women