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Violette Szabo
"The Bravest of Them All"
To avenge her husband's death, perfume saleswoman Violette Szabo joined the SOE. On D-Day she parachuted into France to assist a resistance group. Captured within days, the sharpshooter killed several German soldiers in a desperate struggle.
Szabo remained silent despite Gestapo rape and torture. She was sent to a concentration camp and executed at the age of 24. A year later, Violette Szabo's young daughter accepted her mother's George Cross and Croix de Guerre, awarded posthumously. |