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1) Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassinsand WWII Heroes

Author

Brady, Tim

Publisher

HighBridge

Pub. Date

2021

Edition

Unabridged

Language

English

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May 10, 1940. The Netherlands was swarming with Third Reich troops. In seven days it's entirely occupied by Nazi Germany. Joining a small resistance cell in the Dutch city of Haarlem were three teenage girls: Hannie Schaft, and sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen, who would soon band together to form a singular female underground squad. Smart, fiercely political, devoted solely to the cause, and "with nothing to lose but their own lives," Hannie,...

2) Three ordinary girls: the remarkable story of three Dutch teenagers who became spies, saboteurs, Nazi assassins--and WWII heroes

Author

Brady, Tim

Publisher

Citadel Press/Kensington Publishing Corp

Pub. Date

[2021]

Physical Desc

298 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Language

English

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"The astonishing true story of three fearless female resisters during WWII whose youth and innocence belied their extraordinary daring in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands. It also made them the underground's most invaluable commodity. Recruited as teenagers, Hannie Schaft, and Dutch sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen fulfilled their harrowing missions as spies, saboteurs, and Nazi assassins with remarkable courage, but their stories have remained...

3) Twelve desperate miles: the epic WWII voyage of the SS Contessa

Author

Brady, Tim

Pub. Date

2012

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

xv, 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Language

English

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Documents the World War II service of a Honduran banana boat staffed with international merchant seamen, inmates, and a French harbor pilot who heroically succeeded in setting the stage for Patton's epic invasion of North Africa.