Krystyna Skarbek, OBE, GM, Croix de guerre ]; Warsaw, 1 May 1908[1] - 15 June 1952, London) was a Polish Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent. She became celebrated especially for her daring exploits in intelligence and sabotage missions to Nazi-occupied Poland and France. In 1941 she began using the nom de guerre Christine Granville , which she legally adopted after the war.