{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6761256ff444544373f2f68a/694f12ea44fae3e802c5432e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Nancy Wake - Australian Hero for the French Resistance (minisode)","description":"<p>Nancy Wake was a New Zealand born Australian journalist working in France when Germany invaded her beloved adopted country. Unwilling to watch as France became overrun with foreign soldiers, she joined up with the secret band of guerrilla fighters known as the French Resistance. Embedded with a group of fighters in the mountains of Central France, Nancy played an invaluable role in obtaining weapons and money for the Resistance as well as laying explosives and leading a charge on a machine gun station. </p><p><br></p><p>Sources/Further Reading</p><p>Fitzsimmons, Peter: Nancy Wake - A Biography of Our Greatest War Heroine</p><p>Wake, Nancy: The White Mouse</p><p>Braddon, Russell: Nancy Wake - SOE’s greatest Heroine</p><p>The Story of Nancy Wake https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/stories/nancy-wake/</p><p>Wikipedia: <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Wake\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Wake</a></p><p>Australian War Memorial <a href=\"https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P332\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P332</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Amanda Paterson"}