About Krystyna Skarbek
Her impact was felt by every team she joined.
Countess Krystyna Skarbek (aka Christine Granville) arguably influenced the Second World War in Britain’s favour more than any other woman – as such she was later regarded as Churchill’s Favourite Spy.
When the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939 instead of fleeing Krystyna found an MI6 agent and joined the Secret Intelligence Service. Described as “a flaming Polish patriot…. expert skier and great adventuress” she submitted a bold plan to ski into Nazi occupied Poland across the Carpathian Mountains in winter. The report went on to say “she is absolutely fearless” and “says the matter is urgent.” Though shot at, chased, captured and escaped she succeeded in creating an escape line across the mountains through which she aided the passage of several hundred Polish pilots who would later go on to play a decisive role in the Battle of Britain.
Countess Krystyna Skarbek (aka Christine Granville) arguably influenced the Second World War in Britain’s favour more than any other woman – as such she was later regarded as Churchill’s Favourite Spy.
When the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939 instead of fleeing Krystyna found an MI6 agent and joined the Secret Intelligence Service. Described as “a flaming Polish patriot…. expert skier and great adventuress” she submitted a bold plan to ski into Nazi occupied Poland across the Carpathian Mountains in winter. The report went on to say “she is absolutely fearless” and “says the matter is urgent.” Though shot at, chased, captured and escaped she succeeded in creating an escape line across the mountains through which she aided the passage of several hundred Polish pilots who would later go on to play a decisive role in the Battle of Britain.