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Elise Baker

The Second World War changed the course of modern history. It is filled with incredible stories of daring risks and exceptional struggles, but these stories are more often than not the stories of men.

There is, however, a hidden treasure trove of untold stories of heroic women who have risked their lives in the monumental battle against fascism.

We’ve heard of women who became nurses treating soldiers with battlefield injuries, partisans who fought occupying armies, and skilled laborers who worked in wartime industries.

But in the shadows, as part of a secret war against the Nazis, women served as intelligence agents who risked their lives to collect and relay information vital to the war effort. Danger lurked at every turn.

These courageous women spies worked in secret, but their stories, which are finally coming to light today, offer a significant and unique perspective on the history of World War II.

You'll learn the thrilling stories of five high-society ladies (Virginia Hall, Christine Granville, Noor Inayat Khan, Nancy Wake and Aline Griffith) who went behind enemy lines to aid the war effort, what motivated them to take such risks, and how these women heroes of WWII helped shape the course and outcome of the most significant war in modern history.

You’ll gain insights into why some high-society ladies chose to give up a life of comfort to fight against global tyranny and live under constant threat of exposure and imprisonment or death.

If you’re looking for a unique and enlightening view of the Second World War and are interested in women’s historically overshadowed roles in international espionage, then look no further than Princess, Countess, Socialite, Spy.

Natalie Gooding

Brave Women Who Changed the Course of WWII

Princess, Countess, Socialite, Spy: True Stories of High-Society Ladies Turned WWII Spies

Embedded within military intelligence and communications, wartime cryptography was a man’s world filled with engineers, mathematicians, statisticians, military tacticians, political scientists, and linguists. But women working top-secret desk jobs played an integral role. They helped shorten the length of the war, saving countless lives in the process.

Bringing to light the quiet heroism of female code breakers of WWII, learn about these exceptional women who saved lives and changed the tide of the greatest war in human history.

Even as they applied themselves to complicated counterintelligence work and labored daily alongside their male colleagues, they fought an uphill battle on many different fronts, inside and outside the office.

Their stories and accomplishments have remained firmly under the radar—often missing from official documentation, history books, public lore, and public awareness.

The British feat of breaking the German Enigma code at Bletchley Park has been celebrated in popular culture in various books and movies, but the stories of many women who worked to break codes in the complex world of cryptography remain relatively untold.

Learn the true stories of female code breakers whose top-secret work helped win World War II, including:

● Elizebeth Friedman, Joan Clarke, Violet MacKenzie and other great minds working for the Allied forces from the US, UK and Australia—all trailblazers in the field of cryptography

● a simple rundown on cryptography as a science, the history of its use, and what it took to break wartime codes

● the legacy of these exceptional women, and the impact of their work.

Despite the constant need to prove themselves, these brilliant women never thought of themselves as heroes.

Val Cole

Women Code Breakers: The Best Kept Secret of WWII: True Stories of Female Code Breakers Whose Top-Secret Work Helped Win WWII

The World Wars of the 20th century caused massive upheavals all over the world. Often overlooked by history are the extraordinary true-life stories of the brave women from the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand who enlisted in the Allied forces in their thousands to serve as nurses behind the front lines, at great danger to themselves. And while men shot to kill in the North African, European, and the Pacific theaters of war, nurses served right behind them, armed with tools of healing rather than warfare.

These untold true stories of women heroes of WWII paint a vivid picture of life as a military nurse—from makeshift field hospitals in France to bombed-out station hospitals in Belgium to journeys fraught with danger on ambulance trains, air ambulances, and hospital ships.

Inside Nightingales, Bluebirds & Angels of Mercy: True Stories of the Courage and Heroism of Nurses on the Front Line in WWII, you’ll learn the true stories of nurses in the Second World War, including

● what it was like for a woman to join the armed services as a nurse and travel across the world to do her duty,

● the challenges and dangers the Allied nurses faced on the front lines, as well as the camaraderie and wartime romances they experienced,

● how these women confronted changing social norms around gender and race,

● true stories of survival at the hands of enemy forces in Japanese prisoner-of-war camps, and more.

The stories of these brave women are an inspiring record of duty and selflessness. If you haven’t yet met heroes such as Vivian Bullwinkel and Margot Turner, you’ll definitely want to listen to this book.

Melli Achna

Nightingales, Bluebirds and Angels of Mercy: True Stories of the Courage and Heroism of Nurses on the Front Line in WWII

What bright secrets transpired during the world’s darkest hours?
Light shone in an era marked by tyranny and mass destruction. Hope prevailed when staying hidden and quiet was a civilian’s best chance of survival.

The Second World War represents one of humanity’s greatest tragedies. Yet in the thick of cruelty, suffering, and loss, ordinary women secretly stood against the Nazi regime, selflessly serving as bearers of peace and hope. They risked their lives to protect the persecuted without seeking reward or recognition.

Today, we honor these women for their courage, kindness, wit and resourcefulness during the war.

Here lie their unsung legacies.

Women Rescuers of WWII presents the true stories of brave female heroes during the world’s most perilous crisis. Marvel at the phenomenal untold rescue missions of

● Ida and Louise Cook, the Secretive Sisters, whose risky airline flights almost cost them everything.

● Ebba Lund, the Red Riding Hood of the Danish Resistance, and the seafaring voyages she arranged for refugees fleeing to Swedish shores.

● Irena Sendler, the Good Catholic Smuggler, and her daring plot to liberate Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto.

● Marie Schmolka and Doreen Warriner, the Masterminds of the Move, whose Kindertransport scheme freed thousands of children.

● Andrée de Jongh, the Postmistress, who smuggled her “parcels”—fallen Allied airmen—from France to neutral Spain.

● other extraordinary women who risked it all to stand up for their beliefs!