Daring Women of D-Day: Bold Spies of World War II

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An action-packed graphic novel about agents who helped the Allies prepare for D-Day and push the Germans out of France during World War II. In 1942 World War II was growing more and more intense. Germany and its allies had occupied a great deal of Europeincluding part of France. With the enemy just a few miles from England Prime Minister Winston Churchill was determined to help free France. To make his plan work he needed people who could secretly help prepare the French for a big fight. He found 39 daring women who were up to the taskincluding Andre Borrel and Lise de Baissac. These women would help support the French Resistance and sabotage German operations in preparation for the 1944 D-Day invasion. In this full-color graphic novel discover more about these bold women who helped free France from German occupation during World War Il.

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Many women served in WWII, sometimes in nontraditional roles, but most of their efforts have been classified or forgotten. The Daring Women Warriors of WWII series highlights a few of these overlooked patriots in a graphic-novel format. The volumes present just enough background information on WWII to give context to each woman's difficult assignment. Two distinct fonts delineate concise, factual text from short, imagined dialogue meant to add interest and more detail. Each installment is illustrated by a different artist, adding variety to the series if read as a whole. Daring Women of D-Day focuses on Andre Borrel and Lise de Baissac, the first women paratroopers in the world, and their work in the French Resistance. Elizabeth Friedman traces the career of this expert codebreaker for the U.S. government, including her discovery of a Nazi spy ring in South America. Jane Kendeigh describes how this U.S. Navy night nurse trained to work on battlefields and survive during combat, skills put to use as she treated and helped evacuate wounded soldiers in both Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Virginia Hall relates how Hall turned her desire to work in U.S. diplomacy into a position as a British spy in German-occupied France. The books conclude with a summary of each woman's lasting contributions. An engaging treatment of real heroes from history.--Angela Leeper "Booklist"

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Alessia was Born in southern Italy in 1990 but she grew up in Rome, where she still lives. She has wanted to be an illustrator since she was a child. After a Degree in the Animation course of the International School of Comics based in Rome in 2013, Alessia has worked as Background Artist for some of the most important roman animation studios. She currently works as a freelance artist on various Animation and illustration projects. Jen Breach (they/them) grew up queer and nonbinary in rural Australia with three big brothers, two parents, and one pet duck. Jen has worked as a bagel baker, a codebreaker, a ticket taker and a troublemaker. They now work as a writer, the best job ever, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.