Jeannie Rousseau

Jeannie Rousseau
Jeannie Rousseau
Born(1919-04-01)1 April 1919
Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, France
Died23 August 2017(2017-08-23) (aged 98)
Montaigu, France
SpouseHenri de Clarens

Jeannie Yvonne Ghislaine Rousseau, married name Jeannie de Clarens, (1 April 1919 – 23 August 2017) was an Allied intelligence agent in occupied France during World War II, a member of the "Druids" network led by Georges Lamarque [fr].

Codenamed Amniarix, she evaded Gestapo agents while gathering crucial information on the Germans' emerging rocket weapons programs from behind enemy lines. Her intelligence reports, forwarded to London, led directly to the British raid on Peenemünde and to delays and disruptions in the V-1 and V-2 programs, saving many thousands of lives in the West. Rousseau was captured twice and spent time in three concentration camps.[1] After the war, she worked as a freelance interpreter.

  1. ^ "Honoring Two World War II Heroes". Center for the Study of Intelligence. CIA. 14 April 2007. Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 20 August 2011.