On one such raid Nancy killed an SS sentry with her bare hands to stop him from raising the alarm. She helped lead attacks on SS soldiers causing 1,400 casualties. On another occasion Nancy was parachuted back into occupied Auvernge where she provided arms and intelligence to local resistance forces camped out in the Forest of Tronçais. Later, when she escaped to back to Britain, she was enrolled into the Special Operations Executive (SOE). She was Gestapo’s most wanted person with a five million franc price on her head.ĭuring her undercover work Nancy once reportedly cycled 300 miles through German checkpoints to replace codes her wireless operator had been forced to destroy in a German raid. Nancy Wake became one of the most decorated service women of the war during World War II. Popularly known as the ‘White Mouse’, Nancy had reportedly killed a Sentry with her bare hands. She was arrested and executed by firing squad in 1917 aged 41. Mata maintained that she was paid to spy for the French in Belgium, but the French authorities said she had turned double agent and leaked some secret information to the Germans. The precise activities of her spying are unclear, but in 1917 the French accused her of working for the Germans, using evidence from covert British intelligence. With her sensual dances, Mata drew huge audiences across Berlin, Vienna and Madrid, and was said to have had many affairs with both military and political figures of the day.ĭuring the First World War Mata’s many connections in high places allowed her to travel freely around. Her near naked, sensual dance was an instant hit when she began her career in 1905. This Dutch exotic dancer’s real name was Margaretha Geertruida Zelle. She was sensuous, exotic and an ace dancer.

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