Nancy Wake
Also known as Nancy Grace Augusta Wake, The White Mouse, Nancy Fiocca, Madame Fiocca
New Zealander and Australian war heroine
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1912
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Great World War II Stories
- Classic Stories of World War II
- The autobiography of the woman the Gestapo called the White Mouse
- La Gestapo m'appelait la souris blanche
- The White Mouse
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- 10
- Total plays
- 11
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Article
Nancy Grace Augusta Wake, AC, GM (30 August 1912 – 7 August 2011), also known as Madame Fiocca and Nancy Fiocca, was a New Zealand-born Australian nurse and journalist who joined the French Resistance and later the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II, and briefly pursued a postwar career as an intelligence officer in the Air Ministry.
The official historian of the SOE, M. R. D. Foot, said that "her irrepressible, infectious, high spirits were a joy to everyone who worked with her." Many stories about her World War II activities come from her autobiography, The White Mouse, and are not verifiable from other sources.
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1912 births2011 deathsAustralian emigrants to EnglandAustralian expatriates in EnglandAustralian memoiristsCompanions of the Order of AustraliaFemale recipients of the Croix de Guerre (France)Female resistance members of World War IIFemale spies during World War IIFirst Aid Nursing Yeomanry peopleFrench Resistance membersLiberal Party of Australia politicians