The Woman the Nazis Called the Most Dangerous Spy in the World

On this episode of Our American Stories, during the darkest years of World War II, a woman from Baltimore slipped behind enemy lines with a fake passport, a limp, and a mission that would alter the course of the war. Her name was Virginia Hall, and the Gestapo called her “the most dangerous of all Allied spies.” Working for the Office of Strategic Services, she built resistance networks across France, trained fighters, and smuggled intelligence to London while evading capture again and again.

Judy Pearson, author of the bestselling book Wolves at the Door: The True Story Of America's Greatest Female Spy,shares the story of how one woman with a wooden leg and an unbreakable will became a symbol of courage in a world ruled by fear.

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