Virginia Hall: “She is the most dangerous of Allied spies. We must find and destroy her” said the Gestapo about Virginia Hall, an American operative in Vichy France, who gathered vital intelligence for Britain early in WWII. When America entered the war, Hall was forced to flee alone & on foot over the Pyrenees mountains, despite wearing a prosthetic leg. She requested and was sent to occupied France, where she helped train the French resistance, cut Nazi supply lines, and more.
French Resistance In Vintage Pictures
July 17, 2018
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