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On the evening of this date in 1944, Kreipe's car was ambushed. The general was tied up & forced into the back seat while Leigh Fermor and Moss impersonated him and his driver respectively. They were able to drive through multiple roadblocks because of Kreipe's notorious impatience with delays. (3/6)

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnappi

en.wikipedia.orgKidnapping of Heinrich Kreipe - Wikipedia

April 19, 1920: On this date Marguerite “Peggy” Knight was born in Paris, France. Using the code name Nicole, she was a courier for the DONKEYMAN circuit. After D Day, she crossed the front several times to deliver intelligence and messages; she engaged in an attack on a German military convoy; and she fought her way out of a German encirclement. She survived the war and was awarded the MBE, Croix de Guerre, & Medal of Freedom. She died in 2004.

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Kn

en.wikipedia.orgPeggy Knight - Wikipedia

April 8, 1921: On this date Phyllis “Pippa” Latour was born in Durban South Africa. She joined the WAAF to be an airframe mechanic, but was recruited to the Special Operations Executive because she was fluent in French. She parachuted into Orne, Normandy on May 1, 1944 to join the SCIENTIST circuit as a wireless operator. Her codename was Genevieve. She was the last surviving female SOE agent. She died Oct 7, 2023.

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_

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Virginia Hall subsequently joined the OSS, returned to France, and helped train three battalions of resistance forces to wage guerrilla warfare behind German lines. She survived the war and continued to work in intelligence in the post war period. In 1957 she married a fellow OSS operative, Paul Goillot. She died at the age of 76 on July 8, 1982. Much, much more could be said of her career. (2/2)

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smithsonianmag.com/history/wan

Smithsonian Magazine · WANTED: The Limping LadyBy Cate Lineberry

April 6, 1906: Virginia Hall was born on this date. Hall was considered the most dangerous of all Allied spies by the Gestapo. She worked for both the British Special Operations Executive & later with the American Office of Strategic Services. She had only one foot & used a prosthesis, giving her a limp, leading to her nickname as "the Limping Lady." Despite this, she organized the French Underground in occupied France. (1/2)

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia

en.wikipedia.orgVirginia Hall - Wikipedia