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'A thrilling narrative that creates an extraordinary picture of female resistance' The Lady
'Fascinating' Kavita Puri, BBC History Magazine
'A fierce, intense picture of this aspect of the war . . . it will stay with me' Elizabeth Buchan, author of Two Women in Rome
On the evening of 31 March 1916, a 23-year-old woman was led from her prison cell in occupied Brussels. She wore a long blue coat and walked 'like a soldier'. The chaplain asked if she would like a blindfold before her execution. 'I am not afraid of looking into the rifles,' she replied. 'I have been expecting this for a long time.'

This is not a traditional history of the First World War. It is the untold story of the women of the resistance in Belgium and occupied France during that conflict.

Rick Stroud describes how the actions of eight exceptionally brave women affected the course of the war. Before the Germans invaded, they were ordinary...]]> Tue, 09 Jul 2024 19:40:11 +0300 https://historical.library.land/rick-stroud/415392-kidnap_in_crete.html https://historical.library.land/rick-stroud/415392-kidnap_in_crete.html
On a moonlit night in April 1944 a small band of fearless partisans, led by the British SOE agent Patrick Leigh Fermor, kidnapped a high-ranking Nazi general on the German-occupied island of Crete.In 1941 the German army invaded the strategically important Mediterranean island with the largest airborne force in history. The years of Nazi occupation that followed saw mass executions, widespread starvation and the brutal destruction of homes—but amid the horror, the Cretan resistance, the Andartes, with the support of a handful of British SOE agents, fought on heroically.In Cairo, Patrick Leigh Fermor came up with a plan to avenge the islanders' suffering. Under cover of darkness on 4 February 1944, he parachuted onto Crete's deserted Mount Dikti in preparation for his secret and high-risk mission.]]> Wed, 26 Nov 2014 15:53:50 +0200