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"I hate wars and violence but if they come then I don't see why we women should just wave our men a proud goodbye and then knit them balaclavas."

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About Nancy Wake

Nancy Wake was a New Zealand-born resistance fighter and intelligence operative associated with Australia. During the Second World War she worked with the French Resistance and later served with the British Special Operations Executive. She became one of the most decorated servicewomen of the war.

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