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4 unusual facts about Lise de Baissac


Lise de Baissac

Borrell was the first to drop, with de Baissac following in quick succession, landing in the village of Boisrenard near the town of Mer.

Once her leg healed, she returned to France (dropped by Lysander near Villers-les-Ormes on the night of 9/10 April 1944) to work for the PIMENTO network, headed by Anthony Brooks, under the new codename Marguerite.

In 2008, her life was recaptured in the French film Female Agents (Les Femmes de l'ombre).

Her SOE dossier states "She was the inspiring-force for the groups in the Orne, and through her initiatives she inflicted heavy losses on the Germans thanks to anti-tyre devices scattered on the roads near Saint-Aubin-du-Désert, Saint-Mars-du-Désert, and even as far as Laval, Le Mans and Rennes. She also took part in armed attacks on enemy columns."



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