Last Hope Island

Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood That Helped Turn the Tide of War

By: Lynne Olson

History

when the nazi blitzkrieg rolled over continental europe in the early days of world war ii, the city of london became a refuge for the governments and armed forces of six occupied nations — belgium, holland, luxembourg, norway, czechoslovakia, and poland — who escaped there to continue the fight. so, too, did general charles de gaulle, the self- appointed representative of free france. as the only...