Virginia Hall: The Untold Story o...
Virginia Hall: The Untold Story of the Gestapo's Most Wanted Spy

Women in History by Sherry Crowther

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Rejected by the U.S. State Department after losing part of her leg in a hunting accident, Virginia Hall refused to let adversity define her. Instead, she became one of the most courageous and effective Allied spies of the Second World War. Operating behind enemy lines in occupied France, she built resistance networks, rescued downed Allied airmen, coordinated acts of sabotage, and repeatedly outwitted the Gestapo, who considered her one of their most dangerous enemies. In this episode of Women in History, discover the remarkable true story of the American woman with the wooden leg whose bravery and determination helped change the course of the war. This is an incredible story that deserves to be told.

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