nancy wake history
Nancy wake was born in wellington ,nz on the 30th of august 1912. she got her codename white mouse from the Gestapo(the German state police during the Nazi regime .she was Gestapo’s the most wanted women. When the war started she was a young women married to a wealthy man. she was sabotage (a person who blew up things.) organizer and Resistance fighter who led an army of 7,000 Marquis’ troops in guerrilla warfare to sabotage the Nazis. Her parents names are Charles Augustus and Ella Rosieur Wake, she had 6 siblings and she was the youngest. her dad was a journalist/editor and worked for wellington newspaper. Nancy wake grew up in Sydney Australia.she was a rebel and was much younger than her brothers and sisters. Nancy wake was strongly independent. she was a loner and had good imagination
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Nancy Wake, the White Mouse, 1943