A Coffee or Die History Lesson. The Fanys: The nurses who became commandos during World War II - We Are The Mighty
Odette Sansom, Violette Szabó, and Noor Inayat Khan should be known by students of WWII history were members of England’s First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, or FANYs.
When British Prime Minister Winston Churchill instructed the nation’s clandestine spy agency, the Special Operations Executive (SOE), to “set Europe ablaze,” the three FANYs merged their nursing roles with espionage.
Hat tip to We Are The Mighty.
For more on SOE, see the post, Section D.
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