Nancy Wake

thumb| Nancy Grace Augusta Wake, AC, GM (30 August 1912 – 7 August 2011), also known as Madame Fiocca, was a nurse and journalist who joined the French Resistance and later the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II, and briefly pursued a post-war career as an intelligence officer in the Air Ministry. Quotes I would just look over to the officer, flutter my eyelashes and say ‘Do you want to search moi?’ and they would laugh flirtatiously, ‘No Mademoiselle, you carry on’. Reported in Peter FitzSimons, Nancy Wake (2001), ch. 11 I hate wars and violence but if they come then I don't see why we women should just wave our men a proud goodbye and then knit them balaclavas. Reported in David Fickling, "A belated salute for war heroine", The Guardian (23 February 2004) In my opinion, the only good German was a dead German, and the deader, the better. I killed a lot of Germans, and I am only sorry I didn't kill more. Reported in Kim Willsher, "Farewell to Nancy Wake, the mouse who ran rings around the Nazis", The Guardian (9 August 2011) External links Category:1912 births Category:2011 deaths Category:Spies Category:Memoirists from New Zealand Category:Women authors from New Zealand