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02113aam a2200313Ii 4500 001 45741F9C947611EC9377849E3BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220223010020 008 180314t20182017nyua b 001 0 eng 020 $a 0812987160 020 $a 9780812987164 (pbk.) : 040 $a ZLI $b eng $e rda $c ZLI $d OCLCO $d IJ5 $d YDX $d BDX $d DYJ $d OCLCF $d OCLCA $d SILO 082 04 $a 940.534 100 1 $a Olson, Lynne. $e author. $0 (local)321774 245 10 $a Last Hope Island : $b Britain, occupied Europe, and the brotherhood that helped turn the tide of war / $c Lynne Olson. 250 $a Random House trade paperback edition. 264 1 $a New York: $b Random House, $c ©2017. 300 $a xviii, 553 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 21 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-525) and index. 520 $a When the Nazi Blitzkrieg subjugated Europe in World War II, London became the safe haven for the leaders of seven occupied countries -- France, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Norway, Czechoslovakia and Poland -- who fled there to avoid imprisonment and set up governments in exile to commandeer their resistance efforts. The lone hold-out against Hitler's offensive, Britain became a beacon of hope to the rest of Europe, as prominent European leaders like French general Charles De Gaulle, Queen Wilhelmina of Holland, and King Haakon of Norway competed for Winston Churchill's attention while trying to rule their embattled countries from the precarious safety of Last Hope Island. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Governments in exile. $0 (local)372773 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Diplomatic history. $0 (local)228354 650 0 $a Heads of state $z London $z London $x History $y 20th century. $0 (local)372772 650 0 $a Europeans $z London $z London $x History $y 20th century. $0 (local)372769 650 0 $a Government, Resistance to $z Europe $x History $y 20th century. $0 (local)372766 651 0 $a Europe $x Politics and government $y 1918-1945. $0 (local)372771 941 $a 1 952 $l AXPF626 $d 20220223010230.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=45741F9C947611EC9377849E3BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search