Dame Blanche (resistance)

La Dame Blanche (French; literally "The White Lady") was the codename for an underground intelligence network which operated in German-occupied Belgium during World War I. It took its name from a German legend which stated that the fall of the Hohenzollern dynasty would be announced by the appearance of a woman wearing white. ^[1]

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Dame Blanche

Dame Blanche (French for White Lady) may refer to.

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German occupation of Belgium during World War I

The German occupation of Belgium (Occupation allemande, Duitse bezetting) of World War I was a military occupation of Belgium by the forces of the German Empire between 1914 and 1918.

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Henry Landau (captain)

Henry Landau OBE was a South African World War I volunteer who served with the British Army's Royal Field Artillery when he was recruited into what is now known as the SIS (MI6).

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History of espionage

Espionage, as well as other intelligence assessment, has existed since ancient times.

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Pierre Decock

Pierre Decock, born August 19, 1959 in Belgium, is a Luxembourg historian, writer, comic draftsman, illustrator, painter, computer scientist and financial adviser.

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Richard B. Tinsley

Richard Bolton Tinsley CBE (14 November 1875 – 3 July 1944) was a British secret agent and station chief of MI6 in Rotterdam during World War I.

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The Netherlands in World War I

The Kingdom of the Netherlands was neutral during World War I. This was part of a strict policy of neutrality in international affairs that started in 1830 with the secession of Belgium, or the Southern Netherlands, from the north.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dame_Blanche_(resistance)

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