🌸 Women at War
Nancy Wake: The Woman Who Smuggled 2,600 Prisoners Out of France
Nancy Wake was born in New Zealand and became one of the most decorated women of WWII. As a resistance organizer in France, she helped spirit away 2,600 people — including hundreds of downed Allied airmen — through the P...
The Soviet Women's Night Witches
The 588th Night Bomber Regiment of the Soviet Air Force, known as the "Night Witches" (Nachthexen) by the Germans, was composed almost entirely of women between the ages of 17 and 26. They flew canvas-covered Polikarpov ...
The Women Who Mapped Normandy for D-Day
Before D-Day, the US Army's 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, staffed almost entirely by women, created the most detailed aerial maps of Normandy ever produced. Working from RAF bases in England, they analyzed th...
The Women Who Kept Bletchley Park's Secrets for 30 Years
The 8,000 people who worked at Bletchley Park during the war were forbidden from ever discussing their work. This vow of secrecy lasted, for many of them, their entire lives. Some never told their own children. Margaret ...