“Soon after joining the agency, Marks set out to lessen the danger. His first step was to get rid of the codes that the agency had been using to communicate with its people in the field. They had come from… — Lynne Olson Copy Share Image
“their mother.” All over England, other citadels of the British class system were falling to the Poles. One 303 Squadron pilot, shot down during… — Lynne Olson Copy Share
“we’re inclined to say what we think, even when we have not thought very much.” — Lynne Olson Copy Share
“In Europe, Murrow observed to his wife, people were dying and "a thousand years of civilization [were] being smashed" while America remained on the… — Lynne Olson Copy Share
“Not until the twenty-first century did the British government finally acknowledge officially that the Poles had indeed played a role in breaking Enigma. On… — Lynne Olson Copy Share
“On your marks, he had said to the nation, for a race with destiny.… Get set for the greatest effort of our history. Then,… — Lynne Olson Copy Share
“On June 8, 1946, Britain staged an elaborate victory parade, inviting armed forces from more than thirty Allied nations to London in a joyous… — Lynne Olson Copy Share
“At the Yalta Conference in early 1945, Franklin Roosevelt had made it clear that he had little interest in further close collaboration or partnership… — Lynne Olson Copy Share
“Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema noted that "through the entire war, one dream never left us, not for single day : our homecoming to Holland as… — Lynne Olson Copy Share
“Soon after joining the agency, Marks set out to lessen the danger. His first step was to get rid of the codes that the… — Lynne Olson Copy Share
“Those who thought of collaboration in simplistic terms could not comprehend the reality of trying to survive in an uncivilized, unstable environment in which… — Lynne Olson Copy Share
“Two months earlier, Victor de Laveleye, the organizer of BBC programs to Belgium, had urged his compatriots to demonstrate their resistance to German rule… — Lynne Olson Copy Share
“In 1945, the schoolchildren of Arnhem volunteered to care for the graves of the more than 1,700 Allied dead, mostly Britons and Poles, who… — Lynne Olson Copy Share
“It seems to me that the only way to strengthen the morale of the people whose morale is worth strengthening, is to tell them… — Lynne Olson Copy Share
“Again and again, the question was asked: What made the Poles so good? The answer wasn’t simple. Generally older than their British counterparts, most… — Lynne Olson Copy Share
