Agent Zo

the untold story of a fearless World War II resistance fighter

Agent Zo

the untold story of a fearless World War II resistance fighter
Clare Mulley
Book - 2024

"During World War II, Elzbieta Zawacka--the WWII female resistance fighter known as Agent Zo--was the only woman to reach London as an emissary of the Polish Home Army command. In Britain, she became the only woman to join the Polish elite Special Forces, known as the "Silent Unseen." She was secretly trained in the British countryside, and then she was the only female member of these forces to be parachuted back behind enemy lines to Nazi-occupied Poland. There, while being hunted by the Gestapo (who arrested her entire family), she took a leading role in the Warsaw Uprising and the liberation of Poland. After the war, she was discharged as one of the most highly decorated women in Polish history. Yet the Soviet-backed post-war Communist regime not only imprisoned (and tortured) her, but also ensured that her remarkable story remained hidden for over forty years." --

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mulley, Clare (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Pegasus Books, 2024.
Edition:First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
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505 0 |a Maps -- Preface -- Part one. Born to fight (March 1909-September 1939) -- On the frontline (September-October 1939) -- Resistance (November 1939-July 1940) -- Navigating Nazi Germany (July 1940-April 1942) -- Evading the Gestapo (May-August 1942) -- Part Two. Emissary to Paris (August 1942-January 1943) -- Escape to England (February-May 1943) -- A rather difficult woman (May-June 1943) -- A militant female dictator (June-July 1943) -- Female, silent, unseen (August-September 1943) -- Part Three. The only daughter of the sky (September 1943-February 1944) -- Betrayed (March-June 1944) -- Calm before the storm (July 1944) -- The Warsaw Uprising (August-October 1944) -- Walking in shock (October 1944-February 1945) -- Part Four. A soldier's internal conflict (May 1945-September 1951) -- Having the time to achieve something (September 1951-February 1955) -- In the Polish people's republic (February 1955-April 1978) -- Fighting for freedom (1979-1989) -- Revolution is not made by angels (1990-2009) -- Postscript -- Epilogue -- Notes on sources -- Endnotes -- Selected bibliography -- Picture credits -- Acknowledgments -- About the author -- Index. 
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