Vera Lynn Vera Lynn Dame Vera Margaret Lynn (; born 20 March 1917), widely known as "the Forces' Sweetheart", is an English singer of traditional pop, songwriter and actress, whose musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during the Second World War. During the war she toured Egypt, India, and Burma as part of ENSA, giving outdoor concerts for the troops. The songs most associated with her are "We'll Meet Again", "The White Cliffs of Dover", "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" and "There'll Always Be an England". She remained popular after the war, appearing on radio and television in the UK
Vera von Schalburg Vera von Schalburg Vera von Schalburg (23 November 1907 - 1993) was a Soviet, German and British agent and sister of Christian Frederik von Schalburg. Vera von Schalburg was born in Siberia, Russia as the second of three children to August Theodor Schalburg and wife Helene Schalburg. Her father was born 1879 in Nyborg and her mother was born 1882 in Ukraine (possibly Poltava). She lived in Russia until the October Revolution of 1917 when she fled with her family to Denmark. In 1920 the young von Schalburg moved with her family from Hellerup to Vibevej 14, Copenhagen, and in