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Nancy Wake

Nancy Wake, an Australian, who joined the French resistance during World War II after working as a journalist in Paris, 3rd February 1951. Known to the Gestapo by the code-name 'The White Mouse', she was eventually forced to escape to Britain, where she was trained as a spy and parachuted back into France. For the remainder of the war, her job was to distribute weapons among resistance fighters hiding in the mountains. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Nancy Wake, an Australian, who joined the French resistance during World War II after working as a journalist in Paris, 3rd February 1951. Known to the Gestapo by the code-name 'The White Mouse', she was eventually forced to escape to Britain, where she was trained as a spy and parachuted back into France. For the remainder of the war, her job was to distribute weapons among resistance fighters hiding in the mountains. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Nancy Wake
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Credit:
Keystone / Stringer
Editorial #:
51677143
Collection:
Hulton Archive
Date created:
February 03, 1951
License type:
Rights-managed
Release info:
Not released. More information
Source:
Hulton Archive
Object name:
J86980406
Max file size:
3215 x 4624 px (10.72 x 15.41 in) - 300 dpi - 3 MB