
Nowadays people look at the likes of Beyoncé,Lady GaGa,Rihanna,etc and think Girl power.
Now,Nancy Wake that was Girl power , the real deal and thank god she was on our side.
“I don’t see why we women should just wave our men a proud goodbye and then knit them balaclavas.”
Nancy Grace Augusta Wake AC, GM (30 August 1912 – 7 August 2011) served as a British Special Operations Executive agent during the later part of World War II. She became a leading figure in the maquis groups of the French Resistance and was one of the Allies’ most decorated servicewomen of the war.
After the fall of France in 1940, she became a courier for the French Resistance and later joined the escape network of Captain Ian Garrow. By 1943, Wake was the Gestapo’s most wanted person, with a 5 million-franc price on her head.
After reaching Britain…
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