Three Ordinary Girls

Release on 2021-02-23 | by Tim Brady

The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs
, Nazi Assassins–and WWII Heroes Tim Brady. ter , Freddy Nanda , or Freddie ,
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Author: Tim Brady
Publisher: Citadel Press
ISBN: 9780806540405
Category: History
Page: 336
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Three Ordinary Girls

An astonishing World War II story of a trio of fearless female resisters whose youth and innocence belied their extraordinary daring in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands. It also made them the underground’s most invaluable commodity. May 10, 1940. The Netherlands was swarming with Third Reich troops. In seven days it’s entirely occupied by Nazi Germany. Joining a small resistance cell in the Dutch city of Haarlem were three teenage girls: Hannie Schaft, and sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen who would soon band together to form a singular female underground squad. Smart, fiercely political, devoted solely to the cause, and “with nothing to lose but their own lives,” Hannie, Truus, and Freddie took terrifying direct action against Nazi targets. That included sheltering fleeing Jews, political dissidents, and Dutch resisters. They sabotaged bridges and railways, and donned disguises to lead children from probable internment in concentration camps to safehouses. They covertly transported weapons and set military facilities ablaze. And they carried out the assassinations of German soldiers and traitors–on public streets and in private traps–with the courage of veteran guerilla fighters and the cunning of seasoned spies. In telling this true story through the lens of a fearlessly unique trio of freedom fighters, Tim Brady offers a fascinating perspective of the Dutch resistance during the war. Of lives under threat; of how these courageous young women became involved in the underground; and of how their dedication evolved into dangerous, life-threatening missions on behalf of Dutch patriots–regardless of the consequences. Harrowing, emotional, and unforgettable, Three Ordinary Girls finally moves these three icons of resistance into the deserved forefront of world history.

Language: en
Pages: 336

Three Ordinary Girls

Authors: Tim Brady

Categories: History

Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-02-23 - Publisher: Citadel Press

Language: en
Pages: 142

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Categories: History

Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-02 - Publisher: LULU

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Language: en
Pages:

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Authors: Missouri. General Assembly

Categories: Missouri

Type: BOOK - Published: 1915 - Publisher:

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Language: en
Pages:

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Authors: Missouri. General Assembly

Categories: Russian language

Type: BOOK - Published: 1985 - Publisher:

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Language: en
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Authors: Vicki Lewis Thompson, Jill Shalvis, Rhonda Nelson

Categories: Fiction

Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: Harlequin Books

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