6/7/2023 0 Comments Code name lise reviewShe, in fact, devised a scheme which most likely saved her life and the life of Peter Churchill. She was interrogated by the Gestapo 14 times and tortured with a branding iron, the painful extraction of her toenails, deprivation of food, showers, and other creature comforts but she never disclosed any information about other agents. In April 1943, however, Sansom and her handler, Peter Churchill were taken captive and incarcerated in Fresnes Prison, outside of Paris. After rigorous training, Odette was stationed in southern France as a courier, successfully helping the Resistance movement undermine the Nazis from within France. As a result, Sansom was recruited to become a part of Britain’s Special Operations Executive (SOE) sometimes called “Churchill’s Secret Army.” The mission was to engage in sabotage and espionage in France against the Nazi forces. Sansom, born in France, but living in England in 1942, answered a request from the British Admiralty for pictures of the French coastline but mistakenly sent the photos from her youth to the War Office. What is the book about? British housewife and mother, Odette Sansom, became known as the most highly decorated spy of World War II. Reviewed by: Becky Houghton, Reference Assistant
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