The Dutch girls who hunted Nazis and the Byford Dolphin Explosive Decompression Accident

Help Is Not On The Way

When Germany invaded the Netherlands, the Dutch Resistance formed, and three women joined the Haarlem Council of Resistance. Freddie and Truus Oversteegen, 14 and 16 years old, joined in 1941, and Jannetje Johanna "Hannie" Schaft, 22, joined in 1943. Their jobs included transporting communications, weapons, and refugees, obtain false IDs, sabotage bridges and railways, and most notably luring and killing Nazis.

The Byford Dolphin was a semi-submersible, column-stabilized, deep sea, drilling rig that suffered multiple accidents, including the Explosive Decompression Accident. An accident in November of 1983 instantly killed all four divers, and one of the dive tenders, and severely injuring the other.

The Teenage Girl Gang That Seduced and Killed Nazis
Freddie Oversteegen
Truus Menger-Oversteegen
Hannie Schaft
Dutch Resistance
This Teenager Killed Nazis With Her Sister During WWII
As Teenagers, These Sisters Resisted the Nazis. Here’s What They Taught Me About Doing the Right Thing
The 14-year-old assassin who lured Nazis and traitors to their deaths

Byford Dolphin
The Byford Dolphin Explosive Decompression Accident

In an update to the episode, in which Kevin stated he didn't know if Freddie and Truus were still alive, Freddie passed away in 2018, and Truus in 2016. This was easily discovered, and poorly researched on Kevin's part.