“On your marks, he had said to the nation, for a race with destiny.… Get set for the greatest effort of our history. Then, while the people waited poised and tense, he tucked the starter’s gun back in his pocket… — 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 Image
“we’re inclined to say what we think, even when we have not thought very much.” — Lynne Olson Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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