TY - BOOK AU - Braddon, Russell, TI - Nancy Wake: SOE's greatest heroine SN - 9780752454856 PY - 2012/// CY - Stroud PB - History KW - Wake, Nancy, KW - German Occupation of France (1940-1945) KW - fast KW - World War (1939-1945) KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Underground movements KW - France KW - Women KW - History KW - German Occupation, 1940-1945 N1 - Includes index N2 - Nancy Wake is one of the true heroines of the Second World War. Born in New Zealand, she was living in Marseille and was married to Frenchman Henri Fiocca when the Germans invaded. Nancy immediately became active in the Resistance movement, smuggling messages and food to underground groups in Southern France and helping refugees flee to Spain. By 1943 she was on the Gestapo most wanted list. Their nickname for her, due to her elusiveness, was the White Mouse ER -