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Virginia Hall Goillot DSC, Croix de Guerre, MBE (April 6, 1906 – July 8, 1982), code named Marie and Diane, was an American who worked with the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) and the American Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in France during World War II.
No one saw Virginia Hall coming. An American working for British intelligence during World War Two, she had lost a leg in a hunting accident years before.
One of our officers who did extraordinary things was Virginia Hall, the most highly decorated female civilian of World War II. This Distinguished Service Cross right here is how she got that distinction.
Sep 27, 2021 · An American spy and amputee, Virginia Hall joined Britain's Special Operations Executive during WWII and fought against the Nazi occupation of France. While undercover, Virginia Hall disguised herself as a farmer by dyeing her hair gray and filing her teeth down in the style of French peasants.
Apr 9, 2020 · A new biography explores the remarkable feats of Virginia Hall, a disabled secret agent determined to play her part in the fight against the Nazis
Apr 18, 2019 · Virginia Hall was an American spy who worked for Britain and the U.S. and played a key role in undermining the Nazi occupation of France during World War II. Her story...
May 30, 2018 · Virginia Hall, a.k.a. the ‘Limping Lady,’ organized sabotage and rescue operations across Vichy France, paving the way for the Allied invasion.
Virginia Hall (1906–1982) was an American woman who served with the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) in France in 1941–1942. She then served with its equivalent, the newly...
A cracking biography of Virginia Hall, the tall, beautiful, one-legged Special Operations Executive agent who in 1941 was sent to occupied France undercover as a journalist to mobilise résistants ahead of D-Day. She became, in the Gestapo's view, the Allies' most dangerous spy. -- Daily Telegraph.
- Sonia Purnell
May 24, 2019 · The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II. By Sonia Purnell. “A Homeric tale” is how Sonia Purnell describes the life of Virginia Hall, and that sounds about right.
