Violette Szabo was born on June 26, 1921. She was a British-French Special Operations Executive agent during the Second World War.

Violette Szabo, a French-British SOE agent during WWII, was born OTD in 1921

#OTD 26 June 1921 Violette Szabo was born in France to British parents. During WW2 she was an agent in the British Special Operations Executive, parachuting into France to coordinate the Resistance. She was captured, tortured & finally killed at Ravensbrück concentration camp.

Good Morning! On this day, (Wednesday) June 26 in 1921 Violette Szabo was born. She was a British-French Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent during the Second World War and a posthumous recipient of the George Cross.