The Female Spy Who Helped Win World War II
As a woman with a wooden leg, Virginia Hall was an unlikely spy. That’s what made her so good.
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11 min readMar 28, 2019
In June 1940, England was afraid. France had capitulated to the Nazis after just six weeks of fighting, and nothing separated the island nation from its foe any longer but the turbulent waters of the English Channel. In order to fight…