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Nancy Grace Augusta Wake, AC, GM (30 August 1912 – 7 August 2011), also known as Madame Fiocca and Nancy Fiocca, was a nurse and journalist who joined the French Resistance and later the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II, and briefly pursued a post-war career as an intelligence officer in the Air Ministry.
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- She was born in New Zealand in 1912. Born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1912, Nancy Wake was the youngest of the six children of Charles and Ella Wake.
- She worked as a journalist in Europe as a young woman. At the age of 16, Nancy ran away from home and worked as a nurse, before leaving Australia and journeying to New York City.
- She married a wealthy man and became a socialite. In 1937, Wake met and fell in love with wealthy French industrialist Henri Edmond Fiocca. They were married on 30 November 1939 and settled in Marseilles, becoming notable members of the city’s wealthy social circles.
- She joined the French Resistance. After witnessing the senseless violence of Hitler’s regime in Europe, Nancy resolved to join the Resistance movement in France soon after it was invaded.
Nancy Wake: (1912-2011) by Chloe Curran. From times of conflict, unexpected heroes emerge. Nancy Wake was one of those heroes. Born in New Zealand in 1912, Wake was raised in Sydney by her mother after her father sold the family home and returned to New Zealand without them.
Nancy Grace Augusta Wake was a ‘Special Operations Executive’ agent of the British at the time of the ‘Second World War’. This biography profiles her childhood, life, career, achievements and timeline.
Nancy Wake was the Allies' most decorated servicewoman of the Second World War. At the outbreak of war she was an attractive young woman, married to a wealthy Frenchman in Marseilles, but soon...
Nov 7, 2013 · “Nancy Wake was a woman of exceptional courage and resourcefulness whose daring exploits saved the lives of hundreds of Allied personnel and helped bring the Nazi occupation of France to an end.” Before her death, Nancy had asked to be cremated privately.
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Feb 7, 2018 · Trained in hand-to-hand combat, espionage, sabotage, and able to drink almost all of her male counterparts under the table, Nancy Wake was known as one of the most fearsome French Resistance fighters during World War II.
