Forgotten Heroes
Real people whose extraordinary courage history nearly forgot — 3 profiles
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Mavis Batey
Codebreaker • Britain • 1921–2013
Broke the Italian and German Abwehr Enigma ciphers at age 19, contributing to naval victories and D-Day deception.…
Tags: Bletchley Park,codebreaking,Enigma,women,Britain
Nicholas Winton
Stockbroker • Britain • 1909–2015
Organized the rescue of 669 Jewish children from Czechoslovakia before the war, and kept it secret for 50 years.…
Tags: Britain,Czechoslovakia,children,Kindertransport
Violet Szabo
SOE Operative • Britain • 1921–1945
SOE agent who held off a German patrol alone while covering resistance fighters' escape, then survived torture and execution at Ravensbruck …
Tags: SOE,France,espionage,women,Ravensbruck