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Last Hope Island: Britain, occupied Europe, and the brotherhood that helped turn the tide of war

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Olson, Lynne

Publisher

Random House

Publication Date

[2017]

Language

English

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Marblehead - Adult Nonfiction
940.534 OLSON 2017
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PART ONE: FIGHTING ON

1. "MAJESTY, WE ARE AT WAR!" Hitler Invades Norway

2. "A BOLD AND NOBLE WOMAN" Holland Falls But Its Queen Escapes

3. "A COMPLETE AND UTTER SHAMBLES" The Collapse of Belgium and France

4. "WE SHALL CONQUER TOGETHER - OR WE SHALL DIE TOGETHER" The European Exodus to Britain

5. "SOMETHING CALLED HEAVY WATER" The Rescue Mission That Changed the Course of the War

6. "THEY ARE BETTER THAN ANY OF US" The Triumph of Polish Pilots in the Battle of Britain

7. "MY GOD, THIS IS A LOVELY PLACE TO BE!" The Exhilaration of Wartime London

8. THIS IS LONDON CALLING" The BBC Brings Hope to Occupied Europe

9. "AN AVALANCHE OF V'S" The First Spark of European Resistance

10. SPYING ON THE NAZIS, Cracking Enigma and Other European Intelligence Coups

11. "A MAD HATTER'S TEA PARTY" SOE and Its Struggle to Set Europe Ablaze

12. FACTIONS, FEUDS AND INFIGHTING, The Shock of Exile

PART TWO: RULE OF THE TITANS

13. "RICH AND POOR RELATIONS" The European Allies' Fading Importance

14. "THE UGLY REALITY" The Soviet Threat to Poland and Czechoslovakia

15. "THE ENGLAND GAME" SOE's Dutch Disaster

16. "BE MORE CAREFUL NEXT TIME" SOE's Debacle in France

17. "HEROISM BEYOND ANYTHING I CAN TELL YOU" Rescuing Allied Airmen

18. A GIANT JIGSAW PUZZLE, European Spies Prepare for D-Day

19. "A FORMIDABLE SECRET ARMY" The Resurrection of SOE

20. "THE POOR LITTLE ENGLISH DONKEY" Stalin and Roosevelt Flex Their Muscles

21. SETTLING THE SCORE, Europe's Liberation Begins

22. "A TALE OF TWO CITIES" Warsaw and Paris Rise Up

23. "I WAS A STRANGER AND YOU TOOK ME IN" Defeat at Arnhem

24. THE HUNGER WINTER Holland's Looming Destruction

25. "THERE WAS NEVER A HAPPIER DAY" Coming Home

26. "WHY ARE YOU CRYING, YOUNG MAN?" The West Turns Its Back on Poland and Czechoslovakia

27. "A COLLECTIVE FAULT" The Shadow of Collaboration

28. "THE WORLD COULD NOT POSSIBLY BE THE SAME" Planning for the Future

29. "MY COUNSEL TO EUROPE - UNITE!" Postwar Europe Bands Together.

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Subjects

Diplomatic history
Europe -- Politics and government -- 1918-1945
Europeans
Europeans -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century
Exiles
Exiles -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century
Government, Resistance to
Government, Resistance to -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
Governments in exile
Heads of state
Heads of state -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century
History
Political refugees
Political refugees -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century
Politics and government
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history
World War, 1939-1945 -- Europe
World War, 1939-1945 -- Governments in exile
World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain

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