D-Day GirlsThe Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II
Sarah Rose
The SOE spy network set up by Churchill to sow discord in occupied Europe recruited a number of women to its ranks, including 39 agents in F (French) Section. This account of their activities focuses on three leading operatives, Andrée Borrel, Odette Sansom and Lise de Baissac, who played a key part in organizing local resistance units, carrying out sabotage attacks and gathering intelligence crucial to the planning of the Allied invasion.