{"id":95900,"date":"2024-07-09T08:03:36","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T22:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/?p=95900"},"modified":"2024-08-19T10:02:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T00:02:41","slug":"female-agents-behind-enemy-lines-christine-granville-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2024\/07\/09\/female-agents-behind-enemy-lines-christine-granville-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Female Agents Behind Enemy Lines: Christine Granville \u2014 Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this series of three articles, I\u2019ll talk about a few of the female agents who were sent to France by the F Section of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during WWII. F Section (French Section) was part of SOE, set up as a clandestine organization \u201cto set Europe ablaze\u201d, as Winston Churchill once said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Part 3 and Part 4 of this series of Female Agents Behind Enemy Lines, will focus on two women who both had a hatred of the Nazis and yet thrived on the adventure of war. It suited both their personalities, whereas some agents were quiet, unassuming people who hardly moved around as these women did, yet still played a vital role.<\/p>\n

After all, a young woman sitting at a window while knitting, their stitches denoting military movements, was extremely important, but that sort of thing was not for these two ladies. Both women were extremely beautiful and glamorous, something they put to good use when needed to charm the enemy.<\/p>\n

Read Part 1<\/strong><\/a> – Violette Szabo<\/strong>
\nRead Part 2 <\/strong><\/a>– Odette Sansom Hallowes<\/strong>
\nRead Part 3<\/strong><\/a> –<\/strong> Christine Granville
\nRead Part Four – Nancy Wake<\/strong><\/p>\n

Christine Granville<\/h2>\n\n\t\t