The book then takes us on a journey through her imprisonment, first at the Fresnes Prison and subsequently at the Ravensbruck (Ravensbrück) concentration camp. Loftis takes the time to acquaint us in great detail with the operations she participated in all the way until her capture by the Germans stemming from an infiltrated Nazi counter-intelligence officer. From there on out, the book’s pace slows down in a sense as the story shifts towards her deployment in Germany-occupied France to work as a courier. Loftis recounts the unusual story of her recruitment into the Special Operations Executive, detailing the profound training she received and the unusual personalities she encountered along the way.

In his latest book titled CODE NAME: LISE, Larry Loftis presents us with just such a person, chronicling the incredibly captivating life of Odette Sansom.Īfter briefly covering her childhood and upbringing, the book takes us to the start of the Second World War, at which point Odette lives in Great Britain and moves to Somerset with her three daughters to escape the London bombings, all while her husband was shipped off to battle. While the great battles are what captivate most people, in truth a large number of crucial battles were fought under the cover of shadow and subterfuge, and in many cases by people who never believed themselves capable of the feats they have achieved. However, textbooks often omit depicting the entirety of the war machine and the countless different components which come together and allow it to work as efficiently as it does. When we think about war heroes in a vast sense, we tend to lean towards brave soldiers, decorated generals, daring pilots… basically, the people who at some point have been trained and bred to fight wars. Larry Loftis Plunges into Covert Operations

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