Velvet Assassin and the true life WWII female spy that inspired it
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Violette Summer, the star of the game Velvet Assassin mixes deadly menace with smoky eyeliner and the kind of ass you only get from sneaking around behind enemy lines.
But to understand the appeal of this character, you have to know the history of Violette Szabo, the real life hero who inspired the game. When World War II started, Szabo was working behind the perfume counter of a department store; by 1941, she was a war widow signing up for special operations. She trained in combat, communications, jumping out of planes, and blowing things to hell. She parachuted into occupied France, sabotaged roads and railways, and helped bombers find their targets. She rallied the French resistance. She hated the Nazis.
She braved two missions, and the second ended in tragedy.Szabo found herself pinned down by Germans at a road block. As the London Gazette tells it, she fought back, "exchanging shot for shot with the enemy" 'til she ran out of ammo, and then they caught her. The Germans interrogated her, tortured her, and raped her. She was executed in February, 1945 at Ravensbrück concentration camp. She was only 23.
The question is, can an Xbox game ever live up to the legend? And is Velvet Assassin an appropriate treatment of Violette Szabo's legacy?
But to understand the appeal of this character, you have to know the history of Violette Szabo, the real life hero who inspired the game. When World War II started, Szabo was working behind the perfume counter of a department store; by 1941, she was a war widow signing up for special operations. She trained in combat, communications, jumping out of planes, and blowing things to hell. She parachuted into occupied France, sabotaged roads and railways, and helped bombers find their targets. She rallied the French resistance. She hated the Nazis.
She braved two missions, and the second ended in tragedy.Szabo found herself pinned down by Germans at a road block. As the London Gazette tells it, she fought back, "exchanging shot for shot with the enemy" 'til she ran out of ammo, and then they caught her. The Germans interrogated her, tortured her, and raped her. She was executed in February, 1945 at Ravensbrück concentration camp. She was only 23.
The question is, can an Xbox game ever live up to the legend? And is Velvet Assassin an appropriate treatment of Violette Szabo's legacy?
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howell
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Thanks for the info on the game..and person.
- 2 years ago
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howell
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Panzer_Tanzler
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Video game spy who isn't Solid Snake.... in WWII.... that follows a true story.... no way this failed, lawls.
- 2 years ago
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Panzer_Tanzler
