num_pages: 304
description: In a dramatically different tale of espionage and conspiracy in World War II Shadow Warriors of World War II unveils the history of the courageous women who volunteered to work behind enemy lines. Sent into Nazi-occupied Europe by the United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and Britains Special Operations Executive (SOE) these women helped establish a web of resistance groups across the continent. Their heroism initiative and resourcefulness contributed to the Allied breakout of the Normandy beachheads and even infiltrated Nazi Germany at the height of the war into the very heart of Hitlers citadelBerlin. Young and daring the female agents accepted that they could be captured tortured or killed but others were always readied to take their place. Women of enormous cunning and strength of will the Shadow Warriors stories have remained largely untold until now.
language: English
title: Shadow Warriors of World War II: The Daring Women of the OSS and SOE
publisher: Chicago Review Press