Do we all have the capacity for courage? She was smuggled out of France in a mailbag and evaded death by squeezing through the bars of her prison cell, but Marie-Madeleine Fourcade is still described as a forgotten hero.
VE Day: The mum who fought the Nazis
Forgotten female: Marie-Madeleine Fourcade (top left) used society’s conservative view of women to her advantage, heading an operation that saw hundreds gather intelligence essential for defeating the Nazis. Glossary
MI6 - Founded in 1909, it is officially called the Secret Intelligence Service. It came to be known as MI6 (short for Military Intelligence Section 6) during World War Two.
Intrepid - Fearlessly adventurous.
Misogyny - Hatred of or discrimination against women. The term comes from the Ancient Greek "miso", meaning "hate", and "gyne", "woman".