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Biography
Captain Mary Edwards was a Special Operations Executive agent who parachuted into occupied France in 1943. Fluent in French and Russian, she organised supply drops for the Resistance and helped coordinate sabotage operations ahead of D-Day. She was captured by the Gestapo in April 1944 but escaped during a prisoner transport and reached Allied lines after the Normandy landings. After the war she worked at the Foreign Office in London.
Biography (Russian)
Капитан Мэри Эдвардс была агентом Управления специальных операций, совершившей прыжок с парашютом в оккупированную Францию в 1943 году. Свободно владея французским и русским языками, она организовывала сброс снабжения для Сопротивления и координировала диверсионные операции перед Днём Д. Была захвачена гестапо в апреле 1944 года, но бежала во время транспортировки заключённых и достигла линии союзников после высадки в Нормандии.
Awards & Decorations
- ★George Medal
- ★Croix de Guerre
- ★War Medal 1939-45
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