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nancy wake: the “white mouse”
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nancy wake was born in wellington, new zealand, in 1912. the family moved to australia in 1914 and after being educated in sydney she travelled to europe where she worked as a journalist. in 1 germany she saw the rise of adolf hitler and anti-semitism. on one occasion in vienna she witnessed jews being whipped by members of the sturm abteilung (sa). 

in 1939 nancy married the wealthy french 2, henri fiocca, in marseilles. nancy was in france when the german army invaded in may 1940. after the french government surrendered, nancy joined the french resistance. she worked with ian garrow's group 3 british airmen shot down over france to escape back to britain.

in december 1940 the network was betrayed and nancy was forced to go into hiding. she continued to work for the french resistance and was eventually arrested while in toulouse. however, the authorities did not realize they had captured the woman known as the "white mouse" and she was released after four days.

it was now too dangerous to remain in occupied france and nancy crossed the pyrenees into spain before travelling to britain. she now joined the special operations executive (soe) and agreed to become a british special agent.

on 29th april 1944, nancy was parachuted into the auvergne region of france. her main objective was to locate local bands of the maquis and to provide them with the 4 and arms that were being dropped by parachute by the royal air force four times a week.

nancy had the task of helping the resistance to prepare for the armed uprising that was due to coincide with the d-day landings. she also led a raid against the gestapo headquarters in mountucon and a german gun factory. henri tardivat, one of her comrades in the resistance later said that: "she is the most feminine woman i know, until the fighting starts. then she is like five men."

after the war, nancy worked for the intelligence department at the british air 5. in 1960 she married john forward and returned to australia to live.



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1 bjxyf     
n.纳粹分子,adj.纳粹党的,纳粹的
参考例句:
  • they declare the nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻,并出面求和。
  • nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。
2 jqsz4y     
n.工业家,实业家
参考例句:
  • the industrialist's son was kidnapped.这名实业家的儿子被绑架了。
  • mr.smith was a wealthy industrialist,but he was not satisfied with life.史密斯先生是位富有的企业家,可他对生活感到不满意。
3 2rgzdc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
参考例句:
  • the poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • by doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
4 gwvzz     
n.军火,弹药
参考例句:
  • a few of the jeeps had run out of ammunition.几辆吉普车上的弹药已经用光了。
  • they have expended all their ammunition.他们把弹药用光。
5 kd5x2     
n.(政府的)部;牧师
参考例句:
  • they sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • we probed the air ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
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