The life of Nancy Wake by Qoran ALI https://padlet.com/ali0066/NANCY Made with love for Nancy en-us 2019-09-12 00:18:12 UTC 2025-10-19 10:43:33 UTC hello@padlet.com Early Life pat0021 https://padlet.com/ali0066/NANCY/wish/383612599 - Born on 30 August, 1912 in Wellington New Zealand. 
- Youngest of 6 children 
- At age 4, she moved to Sydney with the whole family. Soon after, her father left never to return. 
- At age 16, she ran away from home. she travelled to France by herself and fell in love with the culture. 
- She taught herself French and became a journalist.]]> 2019-09-13 03:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ali0066/NANCY/wish/383612599 Visuals ali0066 https://padlet.com/ali0066/NANCY/wish/383614444 2019-09-13 03:59:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ali0066/NANCY/wish/383614444 Awards and Medals pat0021 https://padlet.com/ali0066/NANCY/wish/383614577 - Britain -> George Medal
- United States of America -> Medal of Freedom
- France -> Médialle de la résistance, Croix de Geurre and Légion d'Honneur]]> 2019-09-13 04:00:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ali0066/NANCY/wish/383614577 How she joined the SOE ? ali0066 https://padlet.com/ali0066/NANCY/wish/383615006 -After reaching Britain, Wake joined the Special Operations Executive and was trained by them in several different training programs. Vera Atkins, who was the senior female in the SOE overseeing the agents going into France, recalls her as "a real Australian bombshell. Tremendous vitality, flashing eyes. Everything she did, she did well." Training reports record that she was "a very good and fast shot" and possessed excellent fieldcraft. She was noted to "put the men to shame by her cheerful spirit and strength of character."

-On Mar 1 1944, Wake was parachuted into the Auvergne, becoming a liaison between London and the local maquis group.
]]> 2019-09-13 04:03:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ali0066/NANCY/wish/383615006 Primary source analysis pat0021 https://padlet.com/ali0066/NANCY/wish/383617077 The White Mouse by Nancy Wake
- Autobiography
- Written in 1985
- The book was written in her later life, but the descriptions of her experiences are in depth and seemingly accurate.
- Created to tell her story from her life as a spy. Intended for older readers.
- Biased towards Nancy and her causes and beliefs (French and British).
- Truly gives insight into what spies went through during war. Shows how much she sacrificed.]]> 2019-09-13 04:19:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ali0066/NANCY/wish/383617077 Primary Source Analysis pat0021 https://padlet.com/ali0066/NANCY/wish/384373282 Nancy Wake by Peter Fitzsimons
- Biography
- Written in 2001
- Book was written in her later life, but features the perspectives of Nancy as well as friends and people who knew her.
- Created to tell the story of 'our greatest war heroine'. Intended for older readers.
- Respectful and positive point of view. Tells story how Nancy intended it while also acknowledging some negative things about her.
- Very anti-Nazi point of view.
- Nancy tells of things not a lot of people would know about. she is very transparent.

]]> 2019-09-15 20:49:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ali0066/NANCY/wish/384373282 Life as a spy gor0016 https://padlet.com/ali0066/NANCY/wish/384422185 -Became involved very early
-Drove an ambulance for a few months
-First asked to deliver a small package 
-Then she acted as a courrier
-She became known as the ' White Mouse" to the germans
-Soon she become suspected and had to flee France, leaving her husband behind
- She got interrogated for 4 days by the Germans 
-She then became SOE (trained in Scottland for months)
- Parachuted back into France to one of the many rebellions 
-Leads an attack against the germans around d-day 
-During an attacked by Germans  against her and her force, they were forced to destroy the radio
-she had to ride about 100km in a day to get the nearest camp to get a radio signal out
-She was part of a planned raid against a German Nanzi's head quarters
- Once Paris had been liberated the fun was over for Nancy.]]> 2019-09-16 01:50:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ali0066/NANCY/wish/384422185 Historical significance ali0066 https://padlet.com/ali0066/NANCY/wish/384423993 She had a large impact because Wake worked manning the dangerous escape routes through France helping to save the lives of many Allied troops and Jewish refugees.]]> 2019-09-16 02:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ali0066/NANCY/wish/384423993 Bibliography pat0021 https://padlet.com/ali0066/NANCY/wish/384424426  Willsher, K. (2019). Farewell to Nancy Wake, the mouse who ran rings around the Nazis. [online] the Guardian. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/aug/08/nancy-wake-white-mouse-gestapo [Accessed 16 Sep. 2019]. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNXKovYM15A 

FitzSimons, P. (2001). Nancy Wake. Harper Collins Publishers.

Wake, N. (n.d.). The white mouse/ Nancy Wake. 

]]> 2019-09-16 02:03:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ali0066/NANCY/wish/384424426 Class Questions pat0021 https://padlet.com/ali0066/NANCY/wish/384426181 Give reasons why Nancy left home at such a young age.
What happened to Nancys’ husband


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