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Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour
by Lynne Olson (Goodreads Author)
by Lynne Olson (Goodreads Author)
This is a most excellent history of the alliances of America and Britian. Here are two passages from CITIZENS OF LONDON:"BUT THE EUROPEANS GREATEST CONTRIBUTION WAS IN THE FIELD OF INTELLIGENCE.JUST BEFORE THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN BEGAN,BRITISH CODE BREAKERS AT BLECTHLEY
PARK SUCCEEDED IN CRACKING THE LUFTWAFFE'S VERSION OF THE CIPHER PRODUCED BY GERMANY'S COMPLEX ENIGMA MACHINE...BUT BLETCHLEY PARK COULD
NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE FRENCH AND,ABOVE ALL THE POLES.USING DOCUMENTSSUPPLIED FRENCH INTELLIGENCE,POLISH CRYPOGRAPHERS IN EARLY 1930S WERE THE FIRST TO DECIPHER ENIGMA INTERCEPTS.
IN BELGIUM,FOR EXAMPLE,A YOUNG WOAMN NAMED ANDREE de JONGH SET UP AN
ESCAPE ROUTE CALLED THE COMET LINE THROUGH HER NATIVE COUNTRY AND FRANCE,MANNED MOSTLY BY HER FRIENDS,TO RETURN BRITONS AND AMERICANS TO ENGLAND.DE JONGH HERSELF ESCORTED MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED SERVICEMEN OVER THE PYRENEES MOUNTAINS TO SAFETY IN NEUTRAL SPAIN.
PARK SUCCEEDED IN CRACKING THE LUFTWAFFE'S VERSION OF THE CIPHER PRODUCED BY GERMANY'S COMPLEX ENIGMA MACHINE...BUT BLETCHLEY PARK COULD
NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE FRENCH AND,ABOVE ALL THE POLES.USING DOCUMENTSSUPPLIED FRENCH INTELLIGENCE,POLISH CRYPOGRAPHERS IN EARLY 1930S WERE THE FIRST TO DECIPHER ENIGMA INTERCEPTS.
IN BELGIUM,FOR EXAMPLE,A YOUNG WOAMN NAMED ANDREE de JONGH SET UP AN
ESCAPE ROUTE CALLED THE COMET LINE THROUGH HER NATIVE COUNTRY AND FRANCE,MANNED MOSTLY BY HER FRIENDS,TO RETURN BRITONS AND AMERICANS TO ENGLAND.DE JONGH HERSELF ESCORTED MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED SERVICEMEN OVER THE PYRENEES MOUNTAINS TO SAFETY IN NEUTRAL SPAIN.
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