Nancy Wake Quotes

New Zealander and Australian war heroine

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Nancy Grace Augusta Wake, AC, GM (30 August 1912 – 7 August 2011), also known as Madame Fiocca, was a nurse and journalist who joined the French Resistance and later the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II, and briefly pursued a post-war career as an intelligence officer in the Air Ministry.

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Pen Names: Souris blanche • The White Mouse • Lucienne Suzanne Carlier • Hélène • Witch • Andrée

Native Name: Nancy Grace Augusta Wake

Alternative Names: Nancy Fiocca • Madame Fiocca

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In my opinion, the only good German was a dead German, and the deader, the better. I killed a lot of Germans, and I am only sorry I didn't kill more.

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.

I would just look over to the officer, flutter my eyelashes and say ‘Do you want to search moi?’ and they would laugh flirtatiously, ‘No Mademoiselle, you carry on’.