Records of British Female Spy Revealed

[Lennon]

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Britain-World-War-II-Spy.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

A British spy who helped lead the French Resistance during World War II outfoxed the Nazis by concealing secret messages in the hem of her skirt, according to records unsealed Monday.

Britain's National Archives opened its records on Pearl Cornioley, who parachuted into France posing as a cosmetics saleswoman to deliver coded messages to Resistance members. The release follows her death on Feb. 24.
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She interrupted the Paris-Bordeaux railway line more than 800 times and attacked convoys in June 1944, the month of the D-Day invasion. All told, she led 3,000 French Resistance fighters in a host of guerrilla warfare missions.

She proved so crucial that the Nazis issued a 1 million franc award for her capture, hoping to quash her pivotal role in the Resistance.

''She's obviously a very brave woman. She goes through Gestapo lines, helps airmen escape to safety and baffles the Nazis in the field,'' said Mark Dunton, a historian specializing in World War II and the ensuing decades.

[applegrove]

1. RIP to a great hero.

[momster]

2. When her Obit appeared

I had my 14 year old d read it. We need to remind the next generation that they are capable of doing great things...and this generation as well.

[IowaGirl]

3. Good point, momster.