CarveHerName on Nostr: Very early #OnThisDay, 3 Mar 1944, Denise Bloch and Eileen Nearne arrived, ...

Very early #OnThisDay, 3 Mar 1944, Denise Bloch and Eileen Nearne arrived, separately, into occupied France as wireless operators for the British Special Operations Executive. The SOE supported the French resistance in sabotaging Nazi operations.

Both women were arrested by the summer. Denise was killed in Ravensbrück. Eileen escaped but never recovered her health.

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