Famous Women Spies

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Every conflict in history little 'back to biblical times, has thrown its own goals proportion of female spies who risked all their reasons. Here are brief reports on only three of them in recent history.

Margaretha Zelle in the Netherlands, born in August 1876, is perhaps one of the most famous of all female spies. He returned to Paris in 1905 by the Dutch East Indies or the small bar in which they were failed marriage to a Navy officer 20 yearselderly. In Paris, provided an exotic dancer, Mata Hari, the name and identity of a Javanese Hindu princess of birth. At the outbreak of World War II, they moved freely throughout Europe, a Dutch citizen in a time when Holland was a neutral country. She was known knife believed allied with some officers and French intelligence, they had to bring light to Germany. She was arrested, convicted and executed by firing squad October 15, 1917. It 'still controversialif it was indeed a spy, or if it was stuck.

Virginia Hall in Baltimore, Md. Born in 1906 was probably the greatest of all American women spies. Despite the fact that his leg was amputated, he joined the British Special Operations Executive, that the Allies controlled spy network during the Second World War. Working undercover in France with the French underground in several coordinated activities to support the Allied victory. You survived the war, andwas the only civilian woman to be awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for service during the Second World War. He died in Rockville, Maryland in 1982.

Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan was born in Moscow in January 1914 by Indian father and American mother of royal descent. He is fluent in French and trained in radio, have operated behind enemy lines in occupied France. She was betrayed, arrested, and the German SD. After the war, confirmed the head of the Gestapo in France, despitelengthy interrogations, not to disclose any information. She managed to escape but was taken and treated as a dangerous prisoner was handcuffed and shackled. In September 1944, along with three other SOE agents, she was at Dachau were performed by a single shot to the head. For the results has been awarded the George Cross awarded and MBE.