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Lise de Baissac
Lise de Baissac
Lise de Baissac was born in Mauritius of French de...Lise de Baissac
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In this, the first of seven films Lise talks about...Lise de Baissac - Film 1
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Lises cousin was an army officer. It was he who ...Lise de Baissac - Film 2
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Lise talks about parachute and firearms training. ...Lise de Baissac - Film 3
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Lise recalls the flight into France. She flew acro...Lise de Baissac - Film 4
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Lise talks about her role as liaison officer. Her ...Lise de Baissac - Film 5
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Another part of her work was to cycle around the F...Lise de Baissac - Film 6
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Lise liaised with a number of different Maquis gro...Lise de Baissac - Film 7
Lise de Baissac was born in Mauritius of French descent but with a British nationality. She was studying in Paris when the Germans invaded and went to England. She heard of the Special Operations Executive through her brother Claude and applied to join. It was the start of an incredible service.
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Lise de Baissac
Lise Villameur (née de Baissac), was one of the first two female agents to be parachuted into France by SOE in WWII. Her bravado and character shine through in this wonderful interview conducted by the oral historian Martyn Cox and Ailsa Montagu [nee Camm].
