Posted by The Nazis invited her to their parties because they thought she was harmless. She smiled, danced, and walked out with their military secrets.
Paris, 1940. The city glittered as German troops moved through the Arc de Triomphe and Swastikas hung from the Eiffel Tower. Cafés served coffee, but conversations were whispered. Josephine Baker, American-born, famous, and wealthy, could have fled. Instead, she chose a path that would make her one of World War II’s most effective spies. The Nazis saw a dazzling performer—sequins, spotlight, applause. Hermann Göring knew her name; high-ranking officers attended her shows, thinking she was a harmless distraction. They were wrong. Baker despised what the Nazis stood for, having fled America’s racism for France, where Paris welcomed her. She once said, “France made me who I am. I will give her my life if I have to.” When the French Resistance recruited her, she became an “Honorable Correspondent”—a French military intelligence officer with an unusual cover. While others hid in shadows, she worked under stage lights. She attended Nazi headquarters parties and galas at Italian and Japanese embassies, flirting with generals who underestimated her. She listened, mingled, and played the part, all the while gathering vital intelligence—troop movements, military plans, North Africa operations, and Mussolini’s strategies. Her color, charm, and courage masked a dangerous, decisive weapon. Information that could save thousands.
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