Slavné vyzvědačky dvou světových válek – Pacner Karel (2017)

Wars are a tragedy of history, yet they are inseparably linked to it... And in modern wars, espionage has always played a role, especially in the two world wars, as the fate of many countries and indeed the entire planet was at stake. Millions of men in uniforms went to the front lines, while the number of women who donned the same uniforms was incomparably smaller; however, in the shadows of espionage, it was not so clear-cut. There are so many famous female spies from both world wars and the nervous interwar period that Karel Pacner, an experienced author of non-fiction, wrote this book about them. He even selected those whose stories were particularly interesting. Women in intelligence services often managed to use their allure and beauty – it was their natural weapon. However, they were often more determined and relentless than their male counterparts and strove to complete their missions regardless of the possible consequences. Some lost their lives – before a firing squad, under the executioner's axe, in a concentration camp. The British, at the moment a female spy completed her assignment, could send such a woman to safety in Canada, while the Soviets, during Stalin's era, sent them without a word of thanks to a labor camp in Siberia... Sometimes, the famous female spies lived to a ripe old age and wrote about...