The famous female spy once rescued more than 1,000 soldiers. Why was she so poor in her later years that she sold her badges?

Mainly because after the end of World War II, when Nancy Wake returned to Australia, her application to be a veteran was declined by the Australian government because she was not a pure Australian. Nancy Wake was completely heartbroken. In her later years, she left Australia and went to London to live in a hotel. Since she couldn't afford living expenses, she sold her Medal of Honor to survive.

Because Nancy Wake’s husband was the wealthy French businessman Henry Feogga, this also made her a rich lady in the French upper class. However, before he had time to enjoy these, he was taken over by the German The artillery fire broke out, and her husband was tortured to death by the German Nazis. It was for this reason that Nancy Wake was very disgusted with Germany, and she eventually embarked on the road of anti-fascism.

Although Nancy Wake is a woman, she is very self-aware about everything. During World War II, she knew that she was not strong enough to confront Germany head-on, but she used her own It was Mrs. Fu who started her underground activities. She is a very smart woman. She knows how to convey information and how to help people.

It was precisely because of her help that more than a thousand prisoners of war escaped to Spain. She also used her network to get many fake ID cards for herself, allowing them to The German government hated her to death, but there was nothing they could do against her. Germany even issued a reward notice for the capture of Nancy Wake, but she was not caught in the end.

Although Nancy Wake made a lot of contributions in her life and received several national medals, in the end she didn’t even have a stable place to live, and even in her later years she didn’t even have a stable place to live. Living a life of ups and downs, although in the end the Australian government awarded her the highest honor medal, Nancy Wake said: "A medal without love is worthless."