Three ordinary girls : the remarkable story of three Dutch teenagers who became spies, saboteurs, Nazi assassins--and WWII heroes /
Brady, Tim, 1955-
Three ordinary girls : the remarkable story of three Dutch teenagers who became spies, saboteurs, Nazi assassins--and WWII heroes / Tim Brady. - 298 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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.
9780806540382 0806540389
2020945350
Schaft, Hannie, 1920-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Biography.--Netherlands
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Netherlands--Biography.
Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
Biographies.
Three ordinary girls : the remarkable story of three Dutch teenagers who became spies, saboteurs, Nazi assassins--and WWII heroes / Tim Brady. - 298 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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.
9780806540382 0806540389
2020945350
Schaft, Hannie, 1920-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Biography.--Netherlands
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Netherlands--Biography.
Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
Biographies.