And yet for decades after the war, the roles played by unsung war heroes like these were greatly underestimated and rarely documented. Aged 101, 100 and 96 respectively, de Vasselot, Niles and Agniel spoke to AFP on the eve of International Women's Day about their part in combatting tyranny. Odile de Vasselot For 18-year-old de Vasselot, doing nothing was not an option in 1940 when Nazi banners and propaganda posters -- either in German or from the collaborationist regime led by Marshal Philippe Petain -- started appearing on the streets of occupied France. "I want to fight back!" she said...