Clare Mulley
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Physical Desc
xxi, 393 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, plates ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"During World War II, Elzbieta Zawacka--the WWII female resistance fighter known as Agent Zo--was the only woman to reach London as an emissary of the Polish Home Army command. In Britain, she became the only woman to join the Polish elite Special Forces, known as the "Silent Unseen." She was secretly trained in the British countryside, and then she was the only female member of these forces to be parachuted back behind enemy lines to Nazi-occupied...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 470 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Despite Hitler's dictates on women's place being in the home, two fiercely defiant female pilots were awarded the Iron Cross during the Second World War. Other than this unique distinction and a passion for flying that bordered on addiction, these women could not have been less alike. One was Aryan Nazi poster-girl Hanna Reitsch, an unsurpassed pilot, who is now best-known for being the last person to fly into Berlin-under-siege in April 1945, in...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xix, 426 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Explores the life and career of Krystyna Skarbek (Christine Granville) one of Britain's most daring and highly decorated special agents, whose gathered intelligence and courage provided a significant contribution to the Allied war effort in World War II.