Alma Allen (resistance member)

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Alma Allen was a member of the Danish Resistance against the Nazis in World War II in the early 1940s. She personally led women on a dozen combat missions against the Nazis. She eventually joined British intelligence. [1]

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References

  1. Salmonson, Jessica Amanda (1991). The Encyclopedia of Amazons. Paragon House. p. 7. ISBN   1-55778-420-5.