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References: Files

Images

Home page:

Top Image: National Archives, Identifier 542171

Bottom image: National Archives, Identifier 176250644

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OSS:

Top image: National Archives, Identifier 6851006

Middle image: National Archives, Identifier 6850964

Bottom image: National WWII Museum

 

SOE:

Top Image: Imperial War Museums, Catalog HU 115531

Middle image: National Archives, Identifier 540066

Bottom image: Imperial War Museum, Catalog EPH 4299

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Women in War: 

Top image: Imperial War Museums, Catalog HU 67317

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Virginia Hall:

Top image: CIA

Bottom image: National Archives, Identifier 595150

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Vera Atkins:

Top image: International Bomber Command Centre

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Content

  • Atkins, Vera. Interview by Conrad Wood. January 6, 1987. Catalog number 9551, Imperial War Museums Collection, digital

  • Central Intelligence Agency. "Transfer of Declassified OSS Records to the National Archives." J. Kenneth McDonald. Declassified CIA records. Approved for release August 22, 2008. Web.

  • Foot, M.R.D. SOE in France. Frank Cass Publishers, 2004.

  • Helm, Sarah. A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII. Anchor Books, 2005.

  • McIntosh, Elizabeth P. Sisterhood of Spies: The Women of the OSS. Naval Institute Press, 2009.

  • Pattinson, Juliette. "'Passing unnoticed in a French crowd’: The passing performances of British SOE agents in Occupied France," National Identities 12:3 (2010): 291-308, DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2010.500469

  • Pruitt, Sarah. "OSS: The Predecessor of the CIA." History. Last modified August 31, 2018. https://www.history.com/news/oss-the-predecessor-of-the-cia.

  • Purnell, Sonia. A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II. Viking, 2019.

  • "Special Operations Executive." National Army Museum. Accessed March 20, 2020. https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/SOE

  • Stevenson, William. Spymistress: The True Story of the Greatest Female Secret Agent of World War II. Arcade, 2011.

  • Thomas, Gordon, and Greg Lewis. Shadow Warriors of World War II: The Daring Women of the OSS and SOE. Chicago Review Press Incorporated, 2016.

  • Virginia Hall Activity Report. National Archives, Identifier 595661

  • Warner, Michael. "The Office of Strategic Services: America's First Intelligence Agency." Central Intelligence Agency. May 2000. https://www.cia.gov/static/7851e16f9e100b6f9cc4ef002028ce2f/Office-of-Strategic-Services.pdf

  • Wedemeyer, Albert. Wedemeyer Reports!.  Henry Holt & Company, 1958.

  • Wolf III, Walter. "Secret Agents, Secret Armies: The Short Happy Life of the OSS." The National World War II Museum. May 14, 2020. https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/wwii-secret-agents-the-oss

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