D-Day Girls: The Spies who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II
- ISBN-10
- 0451495098
- ISBN-13
- 9780451495099
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 384
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019
- Publisher
- Broadway Books
- Author
- Sarah Rose
Description
"The ... story of the ... women recruited by Britain's elite spy agency to sabotage the Nazis, shore up the Resistance, and pave the way for Allied victory in World War II."--
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- 2019-05-09
- 400 pages
- Paperback
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- 2019-04-23
- 402 pages
- Paperback
- Crown
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