Hannah Byron
@theresistancefiles.substack.com
🕵️♀️ WWII resistance women • 💣 SOE secrets • 📖 Fiction meets fact
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The war is long over. But Nancy Wake still walks with ghosts.
This snippet is from the current chapter of The Ace of Nerve — my upcoming novel based on her extraordinary life. mybook.to/AceofNerve
This snippet is from the current chapter of The Ace of Nerve — my upcoming novel based on her extraordinary life. mybook.to/AceofNerve
August 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The war is long over. But Nancy Wake still walks with ghosts.
This snippet is from the current chapter of The Ace of Nerve — my upcoming novel based on her extraordinary life. mybook.to/AceofNerve
This snippet is from the current chapter of The Ace of Nerve — my upcoming novel based on her extraordinary life. mybook.to/AceofNerve
From bride-to-be in Vienna to fierce agent in the Norwegian Resistance.
Esther Weiss lost everything — and became unstoppable.
💔 A story of love, loss, and courage. Read a little more about her on my Substack. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Esther Weiss lost everything — and became unstoppable.
💔 A story of love, loss, and courage. Read a little more about her on my Substack. substack.com/home/post/p-...
August 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
From bride-to-be in Vienna to fierce agent in the Norwegian Resistance.
Esther Weiss lost everything — and became unstoppable.
💔 A story of love, loss, and courage. Read a little more about her on my Substack. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Esther Weiss lost everything — and became unstoppable.
💔 A story of love, loss, and courage. Read a little more about her on my Substack. substack.com/home/post/p-...
In the winter of 1943, Nancy Wake — codename Hélène — tried 6 times to cross the Pyrenees on foot. Frostbitten. Exhausted. Hunted. She refused to quit.
Her story lives on in The Ace of Nerve, a new heroine journey novel by Hannah Byron.
Coming January 2026.
📘 Preorder now: mybook.to/AceofNerve
Her story lives on in The Ace of Nerve, a new heroine journey novel by Hannah Byron.
Coming January 2026.
📘 Preorder now: mybook.to/AceofNerve
August 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
In the winter of 1943, Nancy Wake — codename Hélène — tried 6 times to cross the Pyrenees on foot. Frostbitten. Exhausted. Hunted. She refused to quit.
Her story lives on in The Ace of Nerve, a new heroine journey novel by Hannah Byron.
Coming January 2026.
📘 Preorder now: mybook.to/AceofNerve
Her story lives on in The Ace of Nerve, a new heroine journey novel by Hannah Byron.
Coming January 2026.
📘 Preorder now: mybook.to/AceofNerve
Red heels. A suitcase. A forged identity.
She slipped through occupied Paris with nerves of steel.
Meet Nancy Wake, heroine of The Ace of Nerve, a new historical novel by Hannah Byron.
Coming January 2026.
📘 Preorder now: mybook.to/AceofNerve
She slipped through occupied Paris with nerves of steel.
Meet Nancy Wake, heroine of The Ace of Nerve, a new historical novel by Hannah Byron.
Coming January 2026.
📘 Preorder now: mybook.to/AceofNerve
August 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Red heels. A suitcase. A forged identity.
She slipped through occupied Paris with nerves of steel.
Meet Nancy Wake, heroine of The Ace of Nerve, a new historical novel by Hannah Byron.
Coming January 2026.
📘 Preorder now: mybook.to/AceofNerve
She slipped through occupied Paris with nerves of steel.
Meet Nancy Wake, heroine of The Ace of Nerve, a new historical novel by Hannah Byron.
Coming January 2026.
📘 Preorder now: mybook.to/AceofNerve
She had no codename. No postwar recognition.
But in 1941, Giliana Balmaceda became the first woman sent into occupied France by SOE.
An actress. A multilingual operative. A ghost in the record books.
I just shared her story inside my Reader Circle. theresistancefiles.substack.com/p/spy-fact-o...
But in 1941, Giliana Balmaceda became the first woman sent into occupied France by SOE.
An actress. A multilingual operative. A ghost in the record books.
I just shared her story inside my Reader Circle. theresistancefiles.substack.com/p/spy-fact-o...
July 31, 2025 at 6:37 PM
She had no codename. No postwar recognition.
But in 1941, Giliana Balmaceda became the first woman sent into occupied France by SOE.
An actress. A multilingual operative. A ghost in the record books.
I just shared her story inside my Reader Circle. theresistancefiles.substack.com/p/spy-fact-o...
But in 1941, Giliana Balmaceda became the first woman sent into occupied France by SOE.
An actress. A multilingual operative. A ghost in the record books.
I just shared her story inside my Reader Circle. theresistancefiles.substack.com/p/spy-fact-o...
Two of my Resistance Girls met on a windswept island off the Scottish coast.
Lunna House was real—headquarters for the Norwegian section of SOE during WWII and the launch point of the Shetland Bus.
📖 Read it here + free booklet on Norwegian Resistance→ theresistancefiles.substack.com/p/memory-lan...
Lunna House was real—headquarters for the Norwegian section of SOE during WWII and the launch point of the Shetland Bus.
📖 Read it here + free booklet on Norwegian Resistance→ theresistancefiles.substack.com/p/memory-lan...
July 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Two of my Resistance Girls met on a windswept island off the Scottish coast.
Lunna House was real—headquarters for the Norwegian section of SOE during WWII and the launch point of the Shetland Bus.
📖 Read it here + free booklet on Norwegian Resistance→ theresistancefiles.substack.com/p/memory-lan...
Lunna House was real—headquarters for the Norwegian section of SOE during WWII and the launch point of the Shetland Bus.
📖 Read it here + free booklet on Norwegian Resistance→ theresistancefiles.substack.com/p/memory-lan...
Would you make a good secret agent? Try your hand. substack.com/home/post/p-...
July 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Would you make a good secret agent? Try your hand. substack.com/home/post/p-...
🕵️♀️ Real stories. Hidden courage. Fiction that remembers.
The Resistance Files is my dispatch journal uncovering WWII’s female SOE agents—through fact, fiction, and legacy.
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The Resistance Files is my dispatch journal uncovering WWII’s female SOE agents—through fact, fiction, and legacy.
✉️ Subscribe: theresistancefiles.substack.com
📖 Most recent: substack.com/home/post/p-.... #WWIIResistance ✊
June 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
🕵️♀️ Real stories. Hidden courage. Fiction that remembers.
The Resistance Files is my dispatch journal uncovering WWII’s female SOE agents—through fact, fiction, and legacy.
✉️ Subscribe: theresistancefiles.substack.com
📖 Most recent: substack.com/home/post/p-.... #WWIIResistance ✊
The Resistance Files is my dispatch journal uncovering WWII’s female SOE agents—through fact, fiction, and legacy.
✉️ Subscribe: theresistancefiles.substack.com
📖 Most recent: substack.com/home/post/p-.... #WWIIResistance ✊
In 1948, just three years after the war, the Dutch honored the American soldiers buried at Margraten.
This quiet, haunting footage reminds us: memory lives in more than words.
🎥 Full video now on YouTube – with English subtitles.
#Margraten #WWIIHistory #MemorialDay #ResistanceLegacy
This quiet, haunting footage reminds us: memory lives in more than words.
🎥 Full video now on YouTube – with English subtitles.
#Margraten #WWIIHistory #MemorialDay #ResistanceLegacy
May 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
In 1948, just three years after the war, the Dutch honored the American soldiers buried at Margraten.
This quiet, haunting footage reminds us: memory lives in more than words.
🎥 Full video now on YouTube – with English subtitles.
#Margraten #WWIIHistory #MemorialDay #ResistanceLegacy
This quiet, haunting footage reminds us: memory lives in more than words.
🎥 Full video now on YouTube – with English subtitles.
#Margraten #WWIIHistory #MemorialDay #ResistanceLegacy
Today we honor Christine Granville, born Krystyna Skarbek—the SOE’s first and longest-serving female agent.
Called “a flaming sword of freedom,” she bluffed, bribed, skied, and fought her way across enemy lines.
Read her story shorturl.at/jzUko #ChristineGranville #SOE #femalespies #WWII
Called “a flaming sword of freedom,” she bluffed, bribed, skied, and fought her way across enemy lines.
Read her story shorturl.at/jzUko #ChristineGranville #SOE #femalespies #WWII
May 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Today we honor Christine Granville, born Krystyna Skarbek—the SOE’s first and longest-serving female agent.
Called “a flaming sword of freedom,” she bluffed, bribed, skied, and fought her way across enemy lines.
Read her story shorturl.at/jzUko #ChristineGranville #SOE #femalespies #WWII
Called “a flaming sword of freedom,” she bluffed, bribed, skied, and fought her way across enemy lines.
Read her story shorturl.at/jzUko #ChristineGranville #SOE #femalespies #WWII
Today we remember Cicely Lefort.
Parachuted into France, her mission was cut short by betrayal. She was captured, tortured, and ultimately executed at Ravensbrück in early 1945. Her life ended in silence, her courage speaks volumes. Blog: shorturl.at/8gE31
#femalespies #timelessagents #WWII
Parachuted into France, her mission was cut short by betrayal. She was captured, tortured, and ultimately executed at Ravensbrück in early 1945. Her life ended in silence, her courage speaks volumes. Blog: shorturl.at/8gE31
#femalespies #timelessagents #WWII
April 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Today we remember Cicely Lefort.
Parachuted into France, her mission was cut short by betrayal. She was captured, tortured, and ultimately executed at Ravensbrück in early 1945. Her life ended in silence, her courage speaks volumes. Blog: shorturl.at/8gE31
#femalespies #timelessagents #WWII
Parachuted into France, her mission was cut short by betrayal. She was captured, tortured, and ultimately executed at Ravensbrück in early 1945. Her life ended in silence, her courage speaks volumes. Blog: shorturl.at/8gE31
#femalespies #timelessagents #WWII
🌺 Today we honor Lilian Rolfe, who parachuted into France as an SOE wireless operator in #WW2. Captured in 1944, she endured unimaginable suffering before her execution at Ravensbrück.Her legacy is one of unshakable courage.
Read more www.hannahbyron.com/.../aprils-d.... #SOE #femalespies #resist
Read more www.hannahbyron.com/.../aprils-d.... #SOE #femalespies #resist
April 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
🌺 Today we honor Lilian Rolfe, who parachuted into France as an SOE wireless operator in #WW2. Captured in 1944, she endured unimaginable suffering before her execution at Ravensbrück.Her legacy is one of unshakable courage.
Read more www.hannahbyron.com/.../aprils-d.... #SOE #femalespies #resist
Read more www.hannahbyron.com/.../aprils-d.... #SOE #femalespies #resist
Today we remember Odette Wilen. Parachuted into occupied France, she found herself caught in the collapse of a major SOE network. With quiet courage and the help of locals, she survived—just.
Read more about her here: www.hannahbyron.com/.../aprils-d....
#femalespies #booksky #resistance #resist
Read more about her here: www.hannahbyron.com/.../aprils-d....
#femalespies #booksky #resistance #resist
April 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Today we remember Odette Wilen. Parachuted into occupied France, she found herself caught in the collapse of a major SOE network. With quiet courage and the help of locals, she survived—just.
Read more about her here: www.hannahbyron.com/.../aprils-d....
#femalespies #booksky #resistance #resist
Read more about her here: www.hannahbyron.com/.../aprils-d....
#femalespies #booksky #resistance #resist
Pope Francis was a humble, honest and inspirational world leader. He certainly was my pope. Rest in Peace. #popefrancis #rip #worldleader #thankyou
April 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Pope Francis was a humble, honest and inspirational world leader. He certainly was my pope. Rest in Peace. #popefrancis #rip #worldleader #thankyou
Today we honor Marie-Thérèse Le Chêne, the oldest female SOE agent sent to WW2 France. At 52, she risked everything as a courier. No photograph, even the date of her death is unknown. But her bravery still speaks loud www.hannahbyron.com/blog/aprils-daughters-honoring-the-soe-women-born-this-month
April 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Today we honor Marie-Thérèse Le Chêne, the oldest female SOE agent sent to WW2 France. At 52, she risked everything as a courier. No photograph, even the date of her death is unknown. But her bravery still speaks loud www.hannahbyron.com/blog/aprils-daughters-honoring-the-soe-women-born-this-month
Today we celebrate the heavenly birthday of SOE agent “Peggy” Knight, courageous courier in occupied France, once called “a real-life Charlotte Gray.”
Read about her here: www.hannahbyron.com/blog/aprils-daughters-honoring-the-soe-women-born-this-month
#femalespies #resist #resistance #WWII
Read about her here: www.hannahbyron.com/blog/aprils-daughters-honoring-the-soe-women-born-this-month
#femalespies #resist #resistance #WWII
April 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Today we celebrate the heavenly birthday of SOE agent “Peggy” Knight, courageous courier in occupied France, once called “a real-life Charlotte Gray.”
Read about her here: www.hannahbyron.com/blog/aprils-daughters-honoring-the-soe-women-born-this-month
#femalespies #resist #resistance #WWII
Read about her here: www.hannahbyron.com/blog/aprils-daughters-honoring-the-soe-women-born-this-month
#femalespies #resist #resistance #WWII
From "The Call of Destiny, Codename Violette". Set in #WW2, this still echoes. History isn’t just about the past. It’s also about what we choose to carry forward.
mybook.to/CallOfDestiny
#hannahbyron #resistance #historylessons #SOE #femalespies #fightfascism #resist #democracy #polisky #booksky
mybook.to/CallOfDestiny
#hannahbyron #resistance #historylessons #SOE #femalespies #fightfascism #resist #democracy #polisky #booksky
April 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
From "The Call of Destiny, Codename Violette". Set in #WW2, this still echoes. History isn’t just about the past. It’s also about what we choose to carry forward.
mybook.to/CallOfDestiny
#hannahbyron #resistance #historylessons #SOE #femalespies #fightfascism #resist #democracy #polisky #booksky
mybook.to/CallOfDestiny
#hannahbyron #resistance #historylessons #SOE #femalespies #fightfascism #resist #democracy #polisky #booksky
He was Muriel Byck’s commander in the Resistance. She gave everything, even her life. He remembered. I wrote a book about her.
Let us remember too — and resist.
#FrenchResistance #AntiFascism #NeverForget #Resist #HistoryMatters #WW2 #WomenInWar #StandUpToFascism
Let us remember too — and resist.
#FrenchResistance #AntiFascism #NeverForget #Resist #HistoryMatters #WW2 #WomenInWar #StandUpToFascism
April 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
He was Muriel Byck’s commander in the Resistance. She gave everything, even her life. He remembered. I wrote a book about her.
Let us remember too — and resist.
#FrenchResistance #AntiFascism #NeverForget #Resist #HistoryMatters #WW2 #WomenInWar #StandUpToFascism
Let us remember too — and resist.
#FrenchResistance #AntiFascism #NeverForget #Resist #HistoryMatters #WW2 #WomenInWar #StandUpToFascism
From the Preface of "The Call of Destiny, Codename Violette". I wrote during this season of global uncertainty & Muriel Byck’s courage helped me make some sense of ii. This spring, like hers, feels like a turning point. Pre-order: mybook.to/CallOfDestiny
#resist #resistance #stopfascism #booksky
#resist #resistance #stopfascism #booksky
April 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
From the Preface of "The Call of Destiny, Codename Violette". I wrote during this season of global uncertainty & Muriel Byck’s courage helped me make some sense of ii. This spring, like hers, feels like a turning point. Pre-order: mybook.to/CallOfDestiny
#resist #resistance #stopfascism #booksky
#resist #resistance #stopfascism #booksky
The last female SOE Agent Section F (WWII) passed away 2 years ago. Phyllis "Pippa" Latour. Her heavenly birthday was yesterday. Read more on my blog.
🔗 www.hannahbyron.com/blog/aprils-daughters-honoring-the-soe-women-born-this-month
#hannahbyron #SOE #femalespies #timelessagents #WWIIfiction
🔗 www.hannahbyron.com/blog/aprils-daughters-honoring-the-soe-women-born-this-month
#hannahbyron #SOE #femalespies #timelessagents #WWIIfiction
April 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The last female SOE Agent Section F (WWII) passed away 2 years ago. Phyllis "Pippa" Latour. Her heavenly birthday was yesterday. Read more on my blog.
🔗 www.hannahbyron.com/blog/aprils-daughters-honoring-the-soe-women-born-this-month
#hannahbyron #SOE #femalespies #timelessagents #WWIIfiction
🔗 www.hannahbyron.com/blog/aprils-daughters-honoring-the-soe-women-born-this-month
#hannahbyron #SOE #femalespies #timelessagents #WWIIfiction
"Wish You Were Here" (Pink Floyd, 1975) will always resonate with me as a 1970s hippy. But ever more so today. #bluesky #pinkfloyd #resist #democracy #1970s
April 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"Wish You Were Here" (Pink Floyd, 1975) will always resonate with me as a 1970s hippy. But ever more so today. #bluesky #pinkfloyd #resist #democracy #1970s
Yesterday was Virginia Hall's birthday, the legendary SOE agent known as "the Limping Lady."
Some of her own words—sharp, solemn, and a reminder for today! April tribute blog: www.hannahbyron.com/blog/aprils-daughters-honoring-the-soe-women-born-this-month
#hannahbyron #femalespies #virginiahall
Some of her own words—sharp, solemn, and a reminder for today! April tribute blog: www.hannahbyron.com/blog/aprils-daughters-honoring-the-soe-women-born-this-month
#hannahbyron #femalespies #virginiahall
April 5, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Yesterday was Virginia Hall's birthday, the legendary SOE agent known as "the Limping Lady."
Some of her own words—sharp, solemn, and a reminder for today! April tribute blog: www.hannahbyron.com/blog/aprils-daughters-honoring-the-soe-women-born-this-month
#hannahbyron #femalespies #virginiahall
Some of her own words—sharp, solemn, and a reminder for today! April tribute blog: www.hannahbyron.com/blog/aprils-daughters-honoring-the-soe-women-born-this-month
#hannahbyron #femalespies #virginiahall
Remembering Virginia Hall on her birthday.
Called “the most dangerous of all Allied spies” by the Gestapo,
she never let rejection, pain, or danger stop her.
Read more about Virginia Hall on my blog : www.hannahbyron.com/blog/aprils-... #virginiahall #femalespies #resistance #resist
Called “the most dangerous of all Allied spies” by the Gestapo,
she never let rejection, pain, or danger stop her.
Read more about Virginia Hall on my blog : www.hannahbyron.com/blog/aprils-... #virginiahall #femalespies #resistance #resist
April 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Remembering Virginia Hall on her birthday.
Called “the most dangerous of all Allied spies” by the Gestapo,
she never let rejection, pain, or danger stop her.
Read more about Virginia Hall on my blog : www.hannahbyron.com/blog/aprils-... #virginiahall #femalespies #resistance #resist
Called “the most dangerous of all Allied spies” by the Gestapo,
she never let rejection, pain, or danger stop her.
Read more about Virginia Hall on my blog : www.hannahbyron.com/blog/aprils-... #virginiahall #femalespies #resistance #resist
Jean Moulin, a French politician, was one of the fiercest French #Resisters in WW2. Arrested by the Gestapo, he was tortured to death but he refused to betray his comrades.
His words are a testament to his #courage & unshakable belief in #freedom.
Always stand against #tyranny. #resist #resistance
His words are a testament to his #courage & unshakable belief in #freedom.
Always stand against #tyranny. #resist #resistance
March 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Jean Moulin, a French politician, was one of the fiercest French #Resisters in WW2. Arrested by the Gestapo, he was tortured to death but he refused to betray his comrades.
His words are a testament to his #courage & unshakable belief in #freedom.
Always stand against #tyranny. #resist #resistance
His words are a testament to his #courage & unshakable belief in #freedom.
Always stand against #tyranny. #resist #resistance