The White Mouse. Nancy Wake is one of the most decorated women of WW2. Originally a journalist, she became appalled by Germany's crimes across Europe. She became a courier for the French Resistance before her husband Henri's execution. Then she traveled to Britan and joined the Special Operations Executive. An expert saboteur, spy, and fighter, she parachuted into Normandy ahead of the D-Day landings to help organize Resistance fighters. Wake once killed an SS sentry with her bare hands. She eve