Mission France: The True History of the Women of SOE Free Audiobook Download by Kate Vigurs

In a time of war, the need for women's unique skills is greater than ever. Women join SOE (Special Operations Executive), a British intelligence and sabotage organization, to fight alongside their male counterparts against Nazi Germany. With their exceptional capabilities, they serve as invaluable assets in any mission-saving lives and sabotaging the enemy in ways that male agents could not.

In the summer of 1940, French women were expected to stay home and raise the family. The majority of them were aware that they were being called up to fight in a war that it was considered improper for them to participate in. The Mission France: The True History of the Women of SOE audiobook download tells the true story of these women who defied their society's expectations and joined the French Resistance by becoming secret agents, code breakers and couriers.

SOE was a network of resistance fighters who helped to combat Nazism and fascism in Europe during World War II. SOE agents included women, men, and children from all walks of life. During the war, these agents fought for the freedom of France and other occupied countries by engaging in espionage operations against the Nazis.

In Esther's own words, "I am not a heroine of World War II. I am just one woman who did what she could." She tells the story of how women were recruited from all over the world and put in SOE, British Special Operations Executive. They acted as couriers, agents, and radio operators. Their job was to speak to male members of the resistance and help them stay safe while they continued to fight back against the Nazis.

With over 300,000 British women joining SOE in France during World War II, the war turned into a turning point in their lives. The intensity of the resistance and the brutality of the Nazis towards them compelled them to take action, and they fought battles on both sides of the Atlantic.

This is the true story of a handful of British women who decided to become French with the hope that their country would gain more territory for them, and them for England. As a prominent dancer, Trudi Ewneti-Bell had been asked to train to be a spy and was sent on one such mission to France. However, Germany's invasion made this impossible and she became an SOE agent instead. She was active in France for about five years before she met her husband in London during which time she managed to rescue several prisoners of war and Jews.