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Item Information   Holdings     Author Notes & Sketches     Booklist Review     First Chapter Excerpts     Library Journal Review     Summary     Table of Contents       More by this author     Olson, Lynne.     Subjects     World War, 1939-1945.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Governments in exile.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Europe.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain.     Heads of state -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century.     Europeans -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century.     Exiles -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century.     Political refugees -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century.     Government, Resistance to -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.     Madison Choice Award Nonfiction Nominees 2018     Europe -- Politics and government -- 1918-1945.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Olson, Lynne.       by title:      Last Hope Island : B...         MARC Display

Last Hope Island : Britain, occupied Europe, and the brotherhood that helped turn the tide of war / Lynne Olson. by Olson, Lynne. New York : Random House, [2017] [2017] Subjects World War, 1939-1945.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Governments in exile.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Europe.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain.   Heads of state -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century.   Europeans -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century.   Exiles -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century.   Political refugees -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century.   Government, Resistance to -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.   Madison Choice Award Nonfiction Nominees 2018   Europe -- Politics and government -- 1918-1945. Format:  No. of Holds for all sites :  0 Summary:  "When the Nazi Blitzkrieg rolled over continental Europe in the early days of World War II, the city of London became a refuge for the governments and armed forces of seven occupied nations that escaped there to continue the fight. As the only European democracy still holding out against Hitler, Britain became known to occupied countries as 'Last Hope Island.' Getting there, one young emigré declared, was 'like getting to heaven.' In this epic, character-driven narrative, acclaimed historian Lynne Olson takes us back to those perilous days when the British and their European guests joined forces to combat the mightiest military force in history. Here we meet the courageous King Haakon of Norway, whose distinctive 'H7' monogram became a symbol of his country's resistance to Nazi rule, and his fiery Dutch counterpart, Queen Wilhelmina, whose antifascist radio broadcasts rallied the spirits of her defeated people. Here, too, is the Earl of Suffolk, a swashbuckling British aristocrat whose rescue of two nuclear physicists from France helped make the Manhattan Project possible. Last Hope Island also recounts some of the Europeans' heretofore unsung exploits that helped tilt the balance against the Axis: the crucial efforts of Polish pilots during the Battle of Britain; the vital role played by French and Polish code breakers in cracking the Germans' Enigma code; and the flood of top-secret intelligence about German operations--gathered by spies throughout occupied Europe--that helped ensure the success of the 1944 Allied invasion. A fascinating companion to Citizens of London, Olson's bestselling chronicle of the Anglo-American alliance, Last Hope Island recalls with vivid humanity that brief moment in time when the peoples of Europe stood together in their effort to roll back the tide of conquest and restore order to a broken continent." Description:  xviii, 553 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Edition:  First edition.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Madison Library District Non-fiction 940.534 Olson, Lynne / Last Checked In Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email Search Results to:

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