Ep 182: Hitler's Least Favorite Spy - Virginia Hall

Now, let's talk about a hero of WWII! Virginia Hall was an American woman who wanted to work in Europe, specifically France, to help the French Resistance stop the Nazis from taking over. Unfortunately, two things - she was a woman, and they only allowed women to type, and she shot her own leg off while hanging out with friends in Turkey.

 

Well, if the US didn't want her, the Brits would take her - Virginia joined the SOE (spies!) and spent 15 months in France, messing with the Nazis, getting a huge group of supporters together -- and sharing everything with the UK! Until she had to walk over a mountain range in the winter with her fake leg! Don't worry, as soon as she could, she switched to the OSS and went BACK to France!

 

Learn about our hero, the Limping Lady of Lyon, Virginia Hall - with us today! 

 

Source

A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II

By Sonia Purnell

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/a-woman-of-no-importance-the-untold-story-of-the-american-spy-who-helped-win-world-war-ii_sonia-purnell/19683753/#edition=20899604&idiq=42316009

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