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Even assuming he knew the sappers were Muslim, Mustapha was not going to spare any lives so long as victory was on the line. Besides, Muslims killed in this manner would go straight to paradise. The benefits were most likely lost on the
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“In 1942, Liddell confided a worry to his diary: ‘There is no doubt that the Russians are far better in the matter of espionage than any other country in the world.’ He continued, ‘I am perfectly certain that they are well bedded down here and that we should be making more active investigations. They will be a great source of trouble to us when the war is over.”
― Agent Jack: The True Story of MI5's Secret Nazi Hunter
― Agent Jack: The True Story of MI5's Secret Nazi Hunter
“EVIL COMES OFTEN to a man with money; tyranny comes surely to him without it.”
― The Walking Drum: A Novel
― The Walking Drum: A Novel
“Now everybodys heard of Bletchley Park and the work they did breaking secret codes”
― Bletchley Park's Secret Source: Churchill's Wrens and the Y Service in World War II
― Bletchley Park's Secret Source: Churchill's Wrens and the Y Service in World War II
“Two slightly scratched and dented leftovers from the jumble sale of life”
― Auntie Poldi and the Vineyards of Etna
― Auntie Poldi and the Vineyards of Etna
“Women in the fourteenth century had an approximately one in fifty chance of dying in childbirth or soon afterwards”
― Living in Medieval England: The Turbulent Year of 1326
― Living in Medieval England: The Turbulent Year of 1326
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