https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/06/06/waiting-for-d-day/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 04:21:40 -0400<![CDATA[Although the commemoration of D-Day will focus on men who came ashore to liberate Europe, the drama of those who awaited them in occupied Europe is no less compelling. After the War British intelligence tried to discover the fate of British women SOE agents who were captured and executed in the concentration camps.  Finding out what happened became the private crusade of Vera Atkins, who was assistant to the head of the French Section of the SOE. And the answer after 60 years is that nobody really knows. One of the reason perhaps, is that some of the agents died from the the SOE&#8217;s mistakes or the underground&#8217;s.  In the years immediately following the Second World War, the exhausted victors naturally wanted to move on. Failure, no less than the dead, were buried where they lay.]]>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:09:09 -0400<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2009/06/06/waiting-for-d-day-n188445