During World War Two, SOE Operatives had a life expectancy of 6 - 12 weeks once they were put into the field. Virginia Hall actively participated in the liberation of France and then Austria, serving as boots on the ground in Europe for over six years. She was never captured, and the Gestapo never learned her identity; their records of her still only feature her nomme de guerre, Marie, or, as they called her, "The Limping Woman."

Biography: A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell

Music: "An American in Paris" by George Gershwin

The TV Series we reference in this episode: Churchill's Secret Agents: The New Recruits available on Netflix