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She responded with alacrity when her country was invaded in 1941. The fear of punishment was pushed aside owing to the strength of the diverse motivations she faced, which drove her on once she had made that commitment. While many people suffered the shortage of food and obeyed the prohibitions imposed by the invaders, she cycled to buy and barter for food in country districts. She encountered personal awakening experiences that had been prevented by her schooling and upbringing. Her determination and intelligence caught the eye of a distinguished operator who had evaded capture by the invaders. He commissioned her to travel to London, by unorthodox means, under the supervision of MI6 to plead the cause of nationalism with the newly established Serbian government in exile. With her supervisor, they negotiated the fickle and turbulent course of the exiled government, finding ways of discharging her purposes frustrating and difficult. From being astute enough to save herself from being pushed under a train but guilty of assassination and turning the table on a suitor, she nevertheless pursued her purposes. Throughout she found her grasp of strategic issues impressed her colleagues, the women finding her allure irresistible, the men respectful of her record in practice, both genders welcoming her winning, fiery, but calculating mind.