Enduring courage and camaraderie

By the time I finished reading this article, my eyes were blurred with tears.

Ladies of the French Resistance

By Emma-Jane Kirby BBC News, Paris and London

She told tales of camaraderie, of women from all walks of life thrown together in an alien country, tales of lonely Christmases singing French carols and desperately trying not to think of home.

There were apocalyptic accounts too of watching London burn, of courage in the Blitz and proud memories of moments on the number nine bus when a Londoner would notice her French uniform and lean over to say: "Vive La France!"

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