In the history of world military, which female agents have you heard of during World War I and World War II? How did they end up? This article will analyze the female agents on the Battlefield in Europe today. During World War II, the British Special Operations Committee (SOE) organized a secret espionage operation, dropping a large number of British spies and espionage equipment to the German occupation zone to carry out secret espionage work, and was also responsible for rescuing Allied pilots parachuting in the German occupied area. The RAF formed three special squadrons, 138th, 161st and 357th, which were responsible for flying to German occupation at night and performing various special tasks, which were called "moon squadrons" by later generations.
The 161st Squadron's Lesander landed in the heart of France, and the pilot watched three special passengers leave under the escort of the French Resistance
The Moon Squadron sent to france SOE has 50 female agents, and many famous agent heroes have emerged. Agent Violet Saubo is a mixture of English and French and speaks fluent French. Her husband, a captain in the French Foreign Legion, was killed in battle with the Germans. In April 1944, she left France aboard a Lesander liaison plane from The Moon Squadron and was then sent back to France for her next mission. On 10 June, after killing a German in a shootout, he was captured and executed at the Ravensbrück concentration camp. Violet Schobo was posthumously awarded the George Cross, Britain's highest honour.
Photo note: Female Agent Violet Saubo
Nancy Wick was also a distinguished British female agent nicknamed "Guinea Pig". In 1940, Nancy Wick married into France under the Vichy regime, married a French entrepreneur, Henri Fioka, and came to Marseille. Often attending cocktail parties, she stumbled upon a British officer on bail by the French authorities and led by whom she joined the campaign against nazis in Germany. Soon after meeting the interned British officer, she helped transfer Allied pilots, refugees and prisoners of war on the run from occupied France to Britain in a similar situation.
Photo note: Female agent "Guinea Pig" Nancy Wick
Nancy Wick later became a British Special Operations Committee agent in France, and of the 39 female agents of the Special Operations Committee who infiltrated France, 11 did not die in the Nazi concentration camps in Germany, and Nancy Wick was perhaps the most awe-inspiring of them. In April 1944, Wick, who had been promoted to the rank of captain, and another SOE agent parachuted into Auvergne, south-central France, tasked with creating as much chaos as possible with local anti-German guerrillas in preparation for the Normandy landings five weeks later. Wick volunteered to join the commandos, took out the Gestapo general headquarters, and raided the German patrols.
Photo note: The Lesander liaison machine used by female agents
During this time, Nancy Wick also created many amazing feats, such as crossing the Pyrenees in worn-out canvas shoes, such as cycling 500 kilometers in 72 hours to find a radio operator, such as proposing that she personally kill captured Female German spies. After the war, honors poured in from Britain, France, the United States, and Australia. In 2006, she attended the SOE and Moon Squadron veterans party at Tammel Air Force Base. Nancy Wick passed away on August 7, 2011 at the age of 98.
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