Resolute female, having captured two Germans, died (6)
I believe the answer is:
dogged
'resolute' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'female having captured two germans died' is the wordplay.
'two germans' means two substitutions for 'german'.
'female' becomes 'doe' (female deer).
'having captured' indicates putting letters inside.
'german' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'german' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'died' becomes 'd' (abbreviation next to the year of someone's death).
'g'+'g'='gg'
'doe' going around 'gg' is 'dogge'.
'dogge'+'d'='DOGGED'
(Other definitions for dogged that I've seen before include "Obstinately persistent" , "stubbornly persevering" , "Followed - stubborn" , "Tenacious, persistent" , "Stubborn, in a canine kind of way" .)