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- While she was still alive, Nancy Wake, WWII’s most decorated woman for her extraordinary war feats, hated people who messed up her life story; she strove to keep every detail of it right. her being a stickler about it is no wonder. After all, she did lead a life of adventure and danger and managed to get through it all triumphantly.
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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.
Nov 7, 2013 · While she was still alive, Nancy Wake, WWII’s most decorated woman for her extraordinary war feats, hated people who messed up her life story; she strove to keep every detail of it right. her being a stickler about it is no wonder.
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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.
Feb 7, 2018 · By 1942, the Gestapo had put her at the top of their most wanted list, offering a five million franc prize for her capture, dead or alive. They referred to her as the “White Mouse,” as she had managed to evade capture several times throughout the war. Wake’s resistance had begun in 1933.
Nancy Wake (1912–2011), an agent for the Special Operations Executive, was the most wanted woman in France during the Second World War. Dubbed the 'White Mouse' by the Nazis, she was the one...
Trained in sabotage and espionage by British Intelligence during World War II, Nancy Wake assisted in providing weapons and leading thousands of French resistance fighters against German defenses prior to D-Day.
Wake was soon into action, leading guerrilla attacks which inflicted considerable damage on German troops. But, vital to the campaign, she ensured that her radio operations kept contact with the...
