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Nancy was born in Wellington, New Zealand
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With £200 that she inherited from an aunt she travelled to New York and then London where she trained as a journalist.
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When she was 16 years old she ran away from home. For a short period of time, she found work as a nurse.
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While visiting Vienna as a journalist she witnessed the brutal harassment of Jewish people by Nazi gangs in the streets and became aware of the threat of the Nazis.
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She moved to Paris to work as a journalist, but set up house in Marseilles after marrying Henri Fiocca, a French businessman.
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Nancy arrived in England where after convincing the British Government to train her as a professional spy she began work in the French Section of the Special Operations Executive.
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She worked with a secret group called the French Resistance. They helped soldiers and Jewish people hide and escape from the enemy.
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Nancy had to flee France and go to Britain as she was the most wanted resistance leader by the Gestapos. There, she joined a secret group called the Special Operations Executive (SOE).
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Nancy parachuted back into France to help fighters in the mountains lead up to D-day.
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Nancy married John Melvin Forward, a former RAF fighter pilot.
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Nancy Wake lived a long life and died at the age of 98.