Three ordinary girls the remarkable story of three Dutch teenagers who became spies, saboteurs, Nazi assassins--and WWII heroes

"The astonishing true story of three fearless female resisters during WWII whose youth and innocence belied their extraordinary daring in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands. It also made them the underground's most invaluable commodity. Recruited as teenagers, Hannie Schaft, and Dutch sisters Truus and F...

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Main Author: Brady, Tim, 1955- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Citadel Press/Kensington Publishing Corp., [2021]
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Summary:"The astonishing true story of three fearless female resisters during WWII whose youth and innocence belied their extraordinary daring in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands. It also made them the underground's most invaluable commodity. Recruited as teenagers, Hannie Schaft, and Dutch sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen fulfilled their harrowing missions as spies, saboteurs, and Nazi assassins with remarkable courage, but their stories have remained largely unknown ... until now."--Publisher's description
Physical Description:298 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780806540382
0806540389
Author Notes:Tim Brady is an award-winning history author whose critically acclaimed books include Twelve Desperate Miles , A Death in San Pietro, His Father's Son and Three Ordinary Girls. In addition to contributing numerous articles, reviews, essays and short stories for a wide range of magazines, newspapers and journals, he has written and helped develop a number of television documentaries, including the Peabody Award-winning series, Liberty! The American Revolution for PBS. He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, and is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop.