The Wolves at the Door: The True Story of America's Greatest Female Spy
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (893 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 159228762X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Henry Berry said dramatic, little-known story of daring American woman spy in France in WWII. Virginia Hall was a Baltimore-born American Foreign Service officer in Lyon, France, when Hitler invaded in 19dramatic, little-known story of daring American woman spy in France in WWII Henry Berry Virginia Hall was a Baltimore-born American Foreign Service officer in Lyon, France, when Hitler invaded in 1940. She quickly made the decision to use her familiarity with the region and contacts she had made as an espionage agent for the Allied forces. She worked effectively in coordinating and directing sabotage, assassinations, and other activities until the Nazis took over the southern part of France which they had allowed to remain nominally indepedent under Petain. After fleeing Lyon to Spain, Hall was brought to London by the British and American intelligence services she had been working with. They had com. 0. She quickly made the decision to use her familiarity with the region and contacts she had made as an espionage agent for the Allied forces. She worked effectively in coordinating and directing sabotage, assassinations, and other activities until the Nazis took over the southern part of France which they had allowed to remain nominally indepedent under Petain. After fleeing Lyon to Spain, Hall was brought to London by the British and American intelligence services she had been working with. They had com. Mary S said Solid Read on an American Heroine. I have read several books on the SOE (Special Operations Executive). For the most part, the agents who, according to Churchill, were supposed to "set Europe on fire" were very often captured shortly after their arrival in France, betrayed, tortured, and gruesomely executed. I was happy to read a story where the operation was, for the most part, a success and the agent survived. Incredibly brave, Virginia Holt volunteered her services time and time and eventually transferred from the SOE to the OSS so that she could continue to "do her bit." The writing is straight forward, but Holt's story is so compelling that it. Kass A. Demeter said Real life thriller. Engaging real heroin I never knew about. What commitment to freedom for all of us. WWII was pivotal to western culture. Hard to imagine living under a horrid dictatorship but this book brings that possibility to light. My distant cousins are German so I had to try to think how Hitler victimized them. They were so hungry the kids collected potato peelings for dinner. Thank goodness for nation building and democratization afterward. Happy to be allies. It was very moving to read about our heroine return after the war to thank those who supported her. They suffered horrible retaliations. Heroes all.
From Publishers Weekly Although Pearson's chronology wobbles early on and her prose is less than elegant, her account of Virginia Hall's work as a secret agent in German-occupied France is nevertheless riveting, thanks to the inherent drama of the time. . Though commendable for its portrayal of Hall's unflagging courage and energy in dangerous and desperate conditions, the story is told in bland prose that fails to live up to the exceptional times it chronicles.Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. As a newly minted secret agent, she returned to France, where she passed on information about German positions, transported downed Allied pilots and esca
She was deployed to France where the Gestapo imprisoned, beat, and tortured spies. Forgetting her leg's nickname, London replied, "If Cuthbert is giving you trouble, have him eliminated. The escape was arduous, and Hall's artificial leg (nicknamed "Cuthbert") became very painful. This is the true story of Virginia Hall, a remarkable woman who has been ignored by the history books for over fifty years.. She watched as Hitler rolled into Poland, then France, and she decided to work for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE). "By winter of 1942 Hall had no choice but to flee France via the only route possible: a hike on foot through the frozen Pyrenees Mountains into neutral Spain. While there, she was responsible for killing 150 German soldiers and capturing 500 others, sabotaging communications and transportation links, and directing resistance activities. Against such an ominous backdrop, Hall managed to locate drop zones for the money and weapons so badly needed by the French Resistance, helped escaped POWs and downed Allied airmen flee to England, and secured safe houses for agents