CarveHerName6d ago

A German guard once asked O'Sullivan what was in her suitcase. She laughed. “A wireless, of course!”.

Very early #OnThisDay, 23 Mar 1944 , Maureen 'Paddy' O'Sullivan parachutes into occupied France to be a radio operator for the British Special Operations Executive.

The SOE supported the French Resistance. Radio operators were at the greatest risk of capture as their position could be triangulated. O’Sullivan was never captured.

#WomenInHistory #History #WomensHistoryMonth #WW2

Show threadDrey6d ago
@CarveHerName - Impressive; A real Hero helping her country.
Show threadSamuelJohnson5d ago
@atlovato @CarveHerName She was Irish with a German mother.
Show threadDrey
@samueljohnson @CarveHerName - Thanks for the correction
Mar 24 at 2:30pmWeb
Show threadSamuelJohnson5d ago

@atlovato @CarveHerName Was just FYI.

Many Irish either fought the Nazis or worked in GB back-filling jobs. Ireland was officially neutral as an assertion of autonomy and as it was incapable of meaningful participation -- after a civil war and w an army of 6,000, no navy or air force.