D-Day Girls

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The dramatic, untold true story of the extraordinary women recruited by Britain s elite spy agency to sabotage the Nazis and pave the way for Allied victory in World War IIIn 1942, the Allies were losing, Germany seemed unstoppable, and every able man in England was fighting Churchill believed Britain was locked in an existential battle and created a secret agency, the Special Operations Executive SOE , whose spies were trained in everything from demolition to sharp shooting Their job, he declared, was to set Europe ablaze But with most men on the frontlines, the SOE did something unprecedented it recruited women Thirty nine women answered the call, leaving their lives and families to become saboteurs in France Half were caught, and a third did not make it home alive In D Day Girls, Sarah Rose draws on recently declassified files, diaries, and oral histories to tell the story of three of these women There s Odette Sansom, a young mother who feels suffocated by domestic life and sees the war as her ticket out Lise de Baissac, an unflappable aristocrat with the mind of a natural leader and Andr e Borrel, the streetwise organizer of the Paris Resistance Together, they derailed trains, blew up weapons caches, destroyed power and phone lines, and gathered crucial intelligence laying the groundwork for the D Day invasion that proved to be the turning point in the war Stylishly written and rigorously researched, this is an inspiring story for our own moment of resistance, in which women continue to play a vital role. Best Read Books D-Day Girls by Sarah Rose – kino-fada.fr A fascinating and compelling story about the women spies who influenced the outcome of D Day 1942 was not a good year for the Allies during World War II They were losing There isn t much that could be done at home in Britain because all the men are out fighting Winston Churchill creates the Special Operations Executive SOE , training spies in skills necessary to help win the war The SOE didn t have many men to choose from, again given that most were already battling in the war Th A fascinating and compelling story about the women spies who influenced the outcome of D Day 1942 was not a good year for the Allies during World War II They were losing There isn t much that could be done at home in Britain because all the men are out fighting Winston Churchill creates the Special Operations Executive SOE , training spies in skills necessary to help win the war The SOE didn t have many men to choose from, again given that most were already battling in the war Therefore, women are chosen and trained Thirty nine women, in fact Leaving their families behind, the women travel to France Half of them are caught, while a third are killed D Day Girls is a beautifully rendered nonfiction work This book tells the stories of three of these remarkable women Odette Sansom, a young mother looking for a way out of the house and traditio...Thanks to NetGalley and Crown Publishing for a digital galley in exchange for an honest review The women s fiction market has been filled since January with the stories of female protagonists who participated in special operations during WWII In fact many of my ARCs have been on this specific topic So this April non fiction release provides readers with the background history they need to answer those burning questions A lot of research has been put into the novel and author, Sarah Rose do Thanks to NetGalley and Crown Publishing for a digital galley in exchange for an honest review The women s fiction market has been filled since January with the stories of female protagonists who participated in special operations during WWII In fact many of my ARCs have been on this specific topic So this April non fiction release provides readers with the background history they need to answer those burning questions A lot of research has been put into the novel and author, Sarah Rose does her utmost to paint the picture of the political, economical, amd cultural atmosphere during the WWII era She gives us the story of three specific women and discusses their journey as part of the SOE These women went through hell and it was obvious through the book how strongly Sara...What peaked my interest when I first heard about this book was that it featured women who risked their lives to help win World War 2 I love reading these type of non fiction books because it feels like for far too long the role women played in the war was largely ignored It s nice that asandthese books are published, these heroic women are finally getting some recognition Even though I have read quite a few non fiction books featuring women during the war, almost all of the ones I What peaked my interest when I first heard about this book was that it featured women who risked their lives to help win World War 2 I love reading these type of non fiction books because it feels like for far too long the role women played in the war was largely ignored It s nice that asandthese books are published, these heroic women are finally getting some recognition Even though I have read quite a few non fiction books featuring women during the war, almost all of the ones I have read have been about American women So it was good change of pace for me to see just how tough and strong European women were during this period of history The book mainly follows three women who were recruited as spies which at the time was pretty much unprecedented Let s face it, most people back then thought the ways women could con...This is an incredible read Not only are the women spies fascinating and their journeys brave and compelling, but the writer really engages the audience with background tales and details about where they were in the bigger picture...I received this as an ARC from Crown, who I say thank you to.This book was so well written that it seemed like a novel instead of a history of the SOE, the branch in charge of this group of agents.Rose focused specifically on a unlikely group of women that became secret agents for Britain during the Second World War Rose gives us a taste of what the agents lives were like before they joined the SOE And during the narrative of this book she was direct and to the point making the storycomp I received this as an ARC from Crown, who I say thank you to.This book was so well written that it seemed like a novel instead of a history of the SOE, the branch in charge of this group of agents.Rose focused specifically on a unlikely group of women that became secret agents for Britain during the Second World War Rose gives us a taste of what the agents lives ...This book will sell well to general readers It shouldn t It s disorganized and messy, and both condescends to its readers and lacks essential information on its topic Author Sarah Rose makes sweeping generalizations about France and its citizens during WWII misstates historical facts engages in inaccurate and sometimes offensive hyperbole and has apparently done little research into the role of women in war, women in WWI, or the history of war in general She refers to figures in the book This book will sell well to general readers It shouldn t It s disorganized and messy, and both condescends to its readers and lacks essential information on its topic Author Sarah Rose makes sweeping generalizations about France and its citizens during WWII misstates historical facts engages in inaccurate and sometimes offensive hyperbole and has apparently done little research into the role of women in war, women in WWI, or the history of war in general She refers to figures in the book by their first names, which dim...I received a free review copy from the publisher.In his The Secret War Spies, Codes and Guerrillas 1939 1945, the always opinionated historian Max Hastings argues that field intelligence agents in WW2 contributed only marginally to the Allied victory Regarding the Special Operations Executive, Churchill s creation, he remarks Most accounts of wartime SOE agents, particularly women and especially in France, contain large doses of romantic twaddle Hastings s comment struck a nerve with Sarah I received a free review copy from the publisher.In his The Secret War Spies, Codes and Guerrillas 1939 1945, the always opinionated historian Max Hastings argues that field intelligence agents in WW2 contributed only marginally to the Allied victory Regarding the Special Operations Executive, Churchill s creation, he remarks Most accounts of wartime SOE agents, particularly women and especially in France, contain large doses of romantic twaddle Hastings s comment struck a nerve with Sarah Rose and she objects as a woman and a journalist In her Author Note, she says that twaddle matters and is the stuff of human experience As a woman not a journalist , I think Rose gets it all wrong for a number of reasons She seems to take Hastings s remark as disrespectful to the women SOE agents, which is not at all what it was intended to convey She is also in denial that there are many books and films about WW2 agents in France that are romanticized I also think that Rose is so...Entertaining and educational Reads like a spy novel and sheds light on an important but little known aspect of WWII Warning There are a handful of brutal tortures, but it is definitely worth reading.The spies who armed the resistance, sabotaged the Nazis, and helped win World War 11 This is a dramatic true account of extraordinary women recruited by Britain who helped win the day on June 6, 1944 and pave the way for Allied victory.Drawn from declassified files, diaries and oral histories, as per her notes, Ms Rose did intensive research and has written a story of five remarkable women These courageous women are Andr e Borrel, Odette Sansom, Lise de Baissan, Yvonne Rudellat and Mary Herber The spies who armed the resistance, sabotaged the Nazis, and helped win World War 11 This is a dramatic true account of extraordinary women recruited by Britain who helped win the day on June 6, 1944 and pave the way for Allied victory.Drawn from declassified files, diaries and oral histories, as per her notes, Ms Rose did intensive research and has written a story of five remarkable women These courageous women are Andr e Borrel, Odette Sansom, Lise de Baissan, Yvonne Rudellat and Mary Herbert It is also the story of fearless men who worked by their side Francis Suttill, Gilbert Norman, Peter Churchill and Claude de Baissic Together, they destroyed train lines, ambushed Nazis, plotted prison breaks, and gathered crucial intelligence Some never made it homeFrance and Environs 1940 1944.Interesting A most heavy read, this account is a fascinating and important story not only of the women who worke...War is a story of men Because men tell the stories of war Women in war torn countries are wallpaper, scenery They embellish the story, they are victims, objects of pity, sometimes brave supporters of their soldiers as wives, nurses, etc They don t fight the war But, if your country were invaded and you were a girl or a woman, would you just roll over and play the victim Or would you be part of the resistance D Day Girls tells the true story of just one of the efforts utilizing brave, War is a story of men Because men tell the stories of war Women in war torn countries are wallpaper, scenery They embellish the story, they are victims, objects of pity, sometimes brave supporters of their soldiers as wives, nurses, etc They don t fight the war But, if your country were invaded and you were a girl or a woman, would you just roll over and play the victim Or would you be part of the resistance D Day Girls tells the true story of just one of the efforts utilizing brave, talented women to prepare France to be ready to help the allies repel the Germans in WWII These women were trained in Great Britain, either because they were French or had some attachment to France, parachuted into the French countryside, carried mes...

D-Day Girls
  • 22 January 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 320 pages
  • 045149508X
  • Sarah Rose
  • D-Day Girls