“She is the most feminine woman I know until the fighting starts — then she is like five men,” a colleague in the French resistance once said. (via Nancy Wake, ‘White Mouse’ of World War II, dies at 98 - The Washington Post)
The reaction to the Night Witches made me wonder if folks knew the amazing story of Nancy Wake, “the White Mouse.” She passed on very recently and the WaPo published an incredible piece on her — linked here.
Kelly Sue finds awesome stuff on the Internets.
All amazing, especially the end:
Ms. Wake was the subject of two biographies in addition to her 1985 memoir. A TV miniseries aired in the late 1980s; she was typically scornful of its factual liberties.
“For goodness sake, did the allies parachute me into France to fry eggs and bacon for the men?” she asked. “There wasn’t an egg to be had for love nor money, and even if there had been, why would I be frying it when I had men to do that sort of thing?”
