This article brings to light a lesser-known corner of WW2: the amazing British female spies and their heroic work in Nazi occupied Europe:
http://news.independ...sp?story=405179
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Heroic female spies of WW2...
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MuseZack
, May 11 2003 07:28 AM
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Posted 11 May 2003 - 07:28 AM
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We shall harness for God the energies of Love.
Then, for the second time in the history of the world,
we will have discovered fire."
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Posted 11 May 2003 - 07:50 AM
Thanks for the link, Zack. 
And thanks for "Twilight if the Idols," too! 
(Just saw it.)
And thanks for "Twilight if the Idols," too! (Just saw it.)
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Posted 11 May 2003 - 01:03 PM
Thanks for the link. It was very intereting to read about Noor Inayat Khan and the like
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Ye shall be foolish as I; ye shall scatter, not save;
Ye shall venture your all, lest ye lose what is more than all;
Ye shall call for a miracle, taking Christ at His word.
And for this I will answer, O people, answer here and hereafter,
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Posted 11 May 2003 - 02:30 PM
Hey, somebody should write a screenplay about these women! How about it, Zack...?
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Posted 11 May 2003 - 04:23 PM
Christopher, on May 11 2003, 12:17 PM, said:
Hey, somebody should write a screenplay about these women! How about it, Zack...?
Zack
"Some day, after we have mastered the wind, the waves, the tides, and gravity,
We shall harness for God the energies of Love.
Then, for the second time in the history of the world,
we will have discovered fire."
--Father Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
We shall harness for God the energies of Love.
Then, for the second time in the history of the world,
we will have discovered fire."
--Father Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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Posted 12 May 2003 - 08:35 PM
What an interesting article.
To be honest, I didn't know about this before now. I'll have to ask my history major friend to recommend a few books on the topic.
-Dan
To be honest, I didn't know about this before now. I'll have to ask my history major friend to recommend a few books on the topic.
-Dan
My candle burns at both its ends;
It will not last the night;
But oh, my foes, and oh, my friends --
It gives a lovely light."
-Edna St. Vincent Millay
It will not last the night;
But oh, my foes, and oh, my friends --
It gives a lovely light."
-Edna St. Vincent Millay
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Posted 12 May 2003 - 09:42 PM
MuseZack, on May 11 2003, 07:10 AM, said:
Christopher, on May 11 2003, 12:17 PM, said:
Hey, somebody should write a screenplay about these women! How about it, Zack...?
Zack
Thanks for the link. I had no idea that they had been executed in Dachau. Nice to know Odette Hallows survived (not to mention amazing).
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