The White Lady : the story of two key British secret service networks behind German lines / Helen Fry.

Author/creator Fry, Helen, 1967- author.
Format Book
PublicationNew Haven : Yale University Press, [2025]
Descriptionx, 289 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Subjects
World War, 1914-1918--Secret service. --Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service. --Great Britain.
World War, 1914-1918--Underground movements. --Belgium.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements. --Belgium.
Secret service--Great Britain. --History. --20th century.

Portion of title Story of two key British secret service networks behind German lines
Contents Prologue: Conneux Castle -- Introduction: unarmed warfare in the shadows -- Part I. The White Lady -- A pioneer of the resistance -- Betrayal -- The Michelin Service -- The White Lady -- The Hirson Platoon -- Villa des Hirondelles -- Post 49 -- We have done our duty -- Part II. The Clarence Service -- The Clarence Service -- The parachutists -- Mill -- A vast web -- Women of Clarence -- 1944 -- V-Weapon Intelligence -- Liberation -- Epilogue: a hush war.
Abstract "A major new history of the two most important British secret service networks in the First and Second World Wars Intelligence gathering was essential to both sides in the First and Second World Wars. At the heart of MI6's efforts were two key networks in Belgium. Agents in The White Lady acted as couriers, radio operators and spies to facilitate the end of German control. And, when war broke out again two decades later, the leaders of the network regrouped and established a successor: The Clarence Service. Helen Fry charts the history of these pivotal intelligence networks for the first time. Drawing on recently declassified information, Fry examines who the agents were, how they were recruited, and how the intelligence they gathered directly impacted the outcome of both wars. Operators in the field sent over eight hundred radio messages to London and delivered more than a thousand reports, including groundbreaking information on Hitler's secret weapon the V-1. This is a compelling account of the agents who risked their lives and found ingenious ways to smuggle intelligence out of occupied Belgium"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN9780300275117
ISBN0300275110 hardcover
ISBNelectronic book

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