#OnThisDay, 21 Mar 1944, Virginia Hall returns to Nazi-occupied France.
Previously with the British SOE, Hall returned with the American Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and trained 3 battalions of resistance fighters.
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When she'd been in France with the British Special Operations Executive, the Nazis had nicknamed Hall "the limping lady". This was because she had lost a leg in a shooting accident before the war, and used a prosthetic. She called it 'Cuthbert'.
Planning her escape over the Pyrenees in 1942, Hall told London she was worried about Cuthbert. Not knowing who Cuthbert was, London messaged back:
"If Cuthbert troublesome, eliminate him."
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