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Read the excerpt from "Lise Marie de Baissac.” (Irene. Marguerite. Odile. Adele. These were the code names used by the intrepid French secret agent, Lise Marie de Baissac.) Baissac worked for the Special Operations Executive, or SOE, during World War II. As a British citizen born of French parents, she wanted to fight against the rise of Nazi Germany, which, under Adolph Hitler’s rule, sought to dominate Western Europe. The SOE worked to combat German forces by conducting undercover sabotage and reconnaissance missions in territories that had been taken over by the German military.

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