Mission France - The True History of the Women of SOE (Vigurs Kate)(Pevná vazba)

The full story of the thirty-nine female SOE agents who went undercover in France. Formed in 1940, Special Operations Executive was to coordinate Resistance work overseas. The organizations F section sent more than four hundred agents into France, thirty-nine of whom were women. But while some are widely known - Violette Szabo, Odette Sansom, Noor Inayat Khan - others have had their stories largely overlooked. Kate Vigurs interweaves for the first time the stories of all thirty-nine female agents. Tracing their journeys from early recruitment to work undertaken in the field, to evasion from, or capture by, the Gestapo, Vigurs shows just how greatly missions varied. Some agents were more adept at parachuting. Some agents missions lasted for years, others less than a few hours. Some survived, others were murdered. By placing the women in the context of their work with the SOE and the wider war, this history reveals the true extent of the differences in their abilities and attitudes while underlining how they nonetheless shared a common mission and, ultimately, deserve recognition both collectively and individually. Review. Apart from a few names, those of all the women who became SOE agents in France are largely unknown. But, in her compelling new book, Kate Vigurs has brought together the stories of all the womens triumphs and tragedies. Stories that should not be missed.--Susan Ottaway, author of Violette Szabo: The Life that I Have.Thirty-nine ordinary women reacting to extr
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