TURKISH WOMEN IN INDEPENCE WAR

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Odette Sansom

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Odette Marie Celine Sansom, GC, MBE, Chevalier de la légion d'honneur, (April 28, 1912 - March 13, 1995) was an Allied heroine of World War II.

Odette Marie Celine Brailly was born in Amiens in the Somme département of France. Her father was the First World War hero Gaston Brailly who was killed at Verdun when she was six years old, in 1918.

She married the Englishman Roy Sansom in 1931, moving with him to England. When the War Office requested all French-born residents of London to supply them with photographs of their home towns, Odette volunteered her family album which contained many useful depictions of the Channel coast. She joined the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY), and was later asked to train under Colonel Maurice Buckmaster of the Special Operations Executive and return to Nazi-occupied France to work with the French underground. She left her three daughters in the care of her husband.

She made a landing near Cannes in 1942, where she made contact with her supervisor, Peter Churchill. Using the code name Lise, she brought him funds and acted as his radio operator.

Churchill's operation in France was betrayed by a double agent, and Odette and Churchill were imprisoned. Under torture by the Gestapo at Fresnes prison in Paris, Odette stuck to her cover story that Churchill was the nephew of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and that she was Peter's wife. The hope was that in this way their treatment would be mitigated.

Odette was condemned to death in June 1943 and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp. She survived the war and testified against the prison guards at a 1946 war crimes trial.

Odette's husband had died during her imprisonment and she married Peter Churchill in 1947. They were divorced in 1956.

Her third husband was Geoffrey Hallowes.

Odette was appointed an MBE and was the first of three World War II FANY members to be awarded the George Cross (gazetted 20th August, 1946).

NENE HATUN

Nene Hatun (1857-1955)
Nene Hatun was a twenty year old woman with a three month old baby, who during the Turkish-Russian war was known as “93 Harbi” (1877-1878). She was living in a region of Erzurum called Aziziye. One night in November of 1877, Aziziye was attacked suddenly but the enemies were defeated with the help of volunteer women fighters. Nene Hatun was the most heroic of them all and became a symbol of bravery.
Nene Hatun lived in Aziziye her entire life, and died there at the age of 98.
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Nene Hatun (1857-1955) was a twenty year old woman with a three month old baby at the start of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, which is known as the "The war of 93" (93 Harbi) in Turkish in reference to the Hijri year in which the war was fought. She had been living in a neighborhood of Erzurum called Aziziye. In November 1877, Aziziye was attacked by the Russians, but they were defeated with the help of women volunteers. Nene Hatun was the most heroic of them all and became a symbol of bravery.

Nene Hatun had lived in Aziziye her entire life, and died there at the age of 98. She was named as "Mother of the Mothers" in 1955.

.............brave women ............

since is 1919!!! turkey was in war and turkish women only didn't cry they also helped their army,their country and their freedom!!! some turkish women cooked meal for army ,some turkish women carried missiles and some turkish women really fought ...etc turkey won the war and turkish people be indenpendence!!!! women in stories of courage were as brave as turkish women in the war....

"YOU COULD START BY CONVINCING A FRIEND"

"YOU COULD START BY CONVINCING A FRIEND"
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