Bestel Nu The Women Who Lived for Danger: The Agents of the Special Operations Executive – Marcus Binney

The Special Operations Executive was formed by Winston Churchill in 1940 to “set Europe ablaze.” In the SOE women were trained to handle guns and explosives, work undercover, endure interrogation by the Gestapo, and use complex codes. In The Women Who Lived for Danger, acclaimed historian Marcus Binney recounts the story of ten remarkable women who were dropped in occupied territories to work as secret agents.
Once they were behind enemy lines, theirs was the most dangerous war of all, as they led apparently…