Had all of us in France meekly, lawfully carried out the orders of the German master, no Frenchman could have ever looked another man in the face. Such submission would have saved the lives of many --
De Vomécourt operated primarily in the Sologne region of France
CLE canisters ready to be loaded on to Handley Page Halifax B.II Series I (Special), SOE BB338.
German general Elster (left) surrenders to American forces, September 16, 1944.
Cecile Pearl Witherington Cornioley,, code names Marie and Pauline, was an agent in France for the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive during the Second World War. The purpose of