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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| North Bay Public Library | 940.534 Ols | 33874004917943 | Adult - Non-Fiction | Available | - |
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- ISBN: 9780812997354
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Physical Description:
xviii, 553 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2016]
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | PART ONE: FIGHTING ON -- 1. "MAJESTY, WE ARE AT ... Read More |
| Summary, etc.: | "When the Nazi Blitzkrieg subjugated Europe in ... Read More |
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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. |