Minnesota Spy Club<p>On Jan 13, 1944, the Gestapo arrested Gustave Biéler and wireless operator Yolande Beekman in the Café Moulin Brulé in Saint-Quentin. He was executed by firing squad at the Flossenburg concentration camp on September 5, 1944. He was 40 years old. (3/3) </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FSection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FSection</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Bi%C3%A9ler" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_</span><span class="invisible">Bi%C3%A9ler</span></a></p>
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Minnesota Spy Club<p>On Nov 18, 1942, Biéler, along with wireless operator Arthur Staggs and Michael Trotobas parachuted into France. Biéler led the MUSICIAN circuit in occupied France. (2/3) </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FSection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FSection</span></a></p>
Minnesota Spy Club<p>Mar 26, 1904: On this date, Gustave Biéler was born in Beurlay, France. He was a Canadian national who served in the Special Operations Executive F section. He was considered by SOE commander, Col Maurice Buckmaster, as the best student SOE ever had. (1/3) </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FSection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FSection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> </p><p>🇨🇦 </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Bi%C3%A9ler" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_</span><span class="invisible">Bi%C3%A9ler</span></a></p>
Minnesota Spy Club<p>Violette Szabό was executed at Ravensbrück at the age of 23, on or before 5 February 1945. She was posthumously awarded the George Cross, the highest award bestowed by the British government for non-operational gallantry or gallantry not in the presence of an enemy. She is one of only twelve George Crosses to be awarded to a woman. (2/2) </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WomensHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHistoryMonth</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violette_Szabo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violette</span><span class="invisible">_Szabo</span></a></p>
Minnesota Spy Club<p>Mar 24, 1944: On this date, the poem The Life That I Have was issued by Special Operations Executive cryptographer Leo Marks to agent Violette Szabo. The poem was made famous by its inclusion in the 1958 movie about Szabo, Carve Her Name with Pride. (1/2) </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Cryptography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOE</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_That_I_Have" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life</span><span class="invisible">_That_I_Have</span></a></p>
Minnesota Spy Club<p>This documentary (in Norwegian with English subtitles) tells the story of Operation Martin and Jan Baalsrud’s escape. It includes interviews with Baalsrud and others. (5/5) </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norway</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoiUG0x9yjc&t=451s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=eoiUG0x9yj</span><span class="invisible">c&t=451s</span></a></p>
Minnesota Spy Club<p>He had a harrowing 2 month journey fleeing to neutral Sweden. Along the way, he was buried in an avalanche, amputated his own frostbitten toes, battled starvation, & went snowblind. He eventually made it to safety. (4/5) </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norway</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://explorersweb.com/2021/03/20/great-survival-stories-jan-baalsrud-evades-nazi-dragnet/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">explorersweb.com/2021/03/20/gr</span><span class="invisible">eat-survival-stories-jan-baalsrud-evades-nazi-dragnet/</span></a></p>
Minnesota Spy Club<p>He swam several hundred meters through ice water, bullets whizzing about him. One bullet sheared off a big toe. He lost a boot yet ran barefoot through the snow into a gully where he killed a German Gestapo officer with his pistol. (3/5)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norway</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Baalsrud" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Baal</span><span class="invisible">srud</span></a></p>
Minnesota Spy Club<p>Their boat was attacked by a German patrol ship. Baalsrud & his team blew up their boat with 8 tons of explosives & tried to escape in a dingy, but the German’s sank it. (2/5) </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norway</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/norwegian-jan-baalsrud.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">warhistoryonline.com/instant-a</span><span class="invisible">rticles/norwegian-jan-baalsrud.html</span></a></p>
Minnesota Spy Club<p>Mar 24, 1943: On this date in 1943, Norwegian Special Operations Executive operative Jan Baalsrud & 11 others entered Norway on a fishing boat to destroy a German air control tower & to recruit Norwegians to the resistance. (Operation Martin) They were betrayed to the Germans on 3/29. (1/5) </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOE</span></a></p><p><a href="https://explorersweb.com/2021/03/20/great-survival-stories-jan-baalsrud-evades-nazi-dragnet/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">explorersweb.com/2021/03/20/gr</span><span class="invisible">eat-survival-stories-jan-baalsrud-evades-nazi-dragnet/</span></a></p>
CarveHerName<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a>, 24 Mar 1944, Éliane Plewman is arrested by the Gestapo in Nazi-occupied France after six months operating as a courier for the Special Operations Executive. The British SOE supported the French resistance. A courier carried messages and equipment around their network.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomensHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WorldWar2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldWar2</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EuropeanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOE</span></a></p><p>1/2</p>
Minnesota Spy Club<p>Women of the Special Operations Executive - post from the Paris Review, May 21, 2012. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Spy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WomensHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHistoryMonth</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2012/05/21/special-agents-the-women-of-soe/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theparisreview.org/blog/2012/0</span><span class="invisible">5/21/special-agents-the-women-of-soe/</span></a></p>
Minnesota Spy Club<p>For more on Robert Benoist, see military historian Alan Malcher’s post here: (4/4) </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FSection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FSection</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://alanmalcher.com/2021/01/30/robert-benoist-soe-special-operations-executive/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">alanmalcher.com/2021/01/30/rob</span><span class="invisible">ert-benoist-soe-special-operations-executive/</span></a></p>
Minnesota Spy Club<p>Benoist was arrested 3 days later. In transit to Gestapo headquarters, he lept from the moving vehicle & escaped. He successfully exfiltrated to the UK & returned to France for TWO further missions. He was arrested June 18, 1944, shipped to Buchenwald, & executed on Sept 13. (3/4) </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FSection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FSection</span></a></p>
Minnesota Spy Club<p>Mar 20, 1895: On this date Robert Benoist was born. French Grand Prix motor racing driver & WW2 war hero. He & fellow race car drivers Jean-Pierre Wimille & William Grover-Williams, fled to Britain after France was invaded. All 3 joined the Special Operations Executive. (1/4) </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FSection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FSection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GrandPrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrandPrix</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Benoist" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_B</span><span class="invisible">enoist</span></a></p>
Minnesota Spy Club<p>During WW2, Virginia Hall served in Britain's Special Operations Executive & the American Office of Strategic Services. After the War, she served in the Central Intelligence Agency. The Gestapo considered her "the most dangerous of all Allied spies."<br> <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WomensHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHistoryMonth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CIA</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://scrippsnews.com/stories/retired-female-spies-want-predecessor-to-get-highest-medal/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scrippsnews.com/stories/retire</span><span class="invisible">d-female-spies-want-predecessor-to-get-highest-medal/</span></a></p>
Minnesota Spy Club<p>Women in the Special Operations Executive used simple but effective tricks to stay undercover and avoid detection:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WomensHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHistoryMonth</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/the-women-spies-who-fooled-the-nazis-with-simple-tricks-251653" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/the-women-</span><span class="invisible">spies-who-fooled-the-nazis-with-simple-tricks-251653</span></a></p>
Minnesota Spy Club<p>Yvonne Baseden was captured by the Gestapo on June 26, 1944 & ultimately imprisoned at Ravensbrück concentration camp. She survived Ravensbrück and the war. She was awarded the MBE by Britain; the Legion of Honour; the Resistance Medal and the Croix de Guerre avec Palme by France. She died Oct 28, 2017 at the age of 95. (2/2) <br> <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FSection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FSection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WomensHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHistoryMonth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Shero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shero</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/yvonne-baseden-soe-agent-who-helped-french-resistance-on-dday-before-being-captured-a8060736.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">independent.co.uk/news/long_re</span><span class="invisible">ads/yvonne-baseden-soe-agent-who-helped-french-resistance-on-dday-before-being-captured-a8060736.html</span></a></p>
Minnesota Spy Club<p>Mar 18/19, 1944: Overnight on this date in 1944, Special Operations Executive agent and wireless operator Yvonne Baseden (Field name Odette) is one of the youngest SOE women to parachute into occupied Europe. She worked in the WHEELWRIGHT and SCHOLAR circuits under the cover name Yvonne Bernier and posed as a shorthand typist & secretary. (1/2)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FSection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FSection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WomensHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHistoryMonth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Shero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shero</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvonne_Baseden" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvonne_B</span><span class="invisible">aseden</span></a></p>
Minnesota Spy Club<p>(4/4) Canadian Special Operations Executive Stories of World War II - Part 4</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fsection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fsection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/antifa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antifa</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp2_SlHyGyk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=Tp2_SlHyGyk</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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