<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[author results for Olson, Lynne]]></title><description><![CDATA[author results for Olson, Lynne]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/skokielibrary/rss/search?query=Olson%2C%20Lynne&amp;searchType=author&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 08:10:41 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück]]></title><description><![CDATA[Decades after the end of World War II, the name Ravensbrück still evokes horror in the minds of those who know about this infamous all-women's concentration camp. Particularly shocking was the discovery that sometimes-lethal medical experiments were performed on some of the inmates. Ravensbrück was atypical in other ways as well, not just as the only all-female German concentration camp, but because 80% of them were political prisoners. Among them was a tight-knit group of women who had been active in the French Resistance. Already well-practiced in sabotaging the Nazi occupation of France, these women joined forces to defy their German captors and keep each other alive. Calling themselves the maquis (guerillas) of Ravensbrück, the sisterhood's members, amid unimaginable terror and brutality, subverted Germany's war effort by refusing to do the work they were assigned. Knowing that they risked death for any infraction did not stop them from defying their SS tormentors at every turn-even staging a satirical musical revue about the horrors of the camp. After the war, when many in France wanted nothing more than to focus on the future and forget about those who'd resisted the enemy, the women from Ravensbrück refused to allow their achievements, needs, and sacrifices to be erased. They banded together once more, first to support one another in healing their bodies and minds, and then to continue their crusade for freedom and justice-an effort that would have repercussions for their country and the world into the twenty-first century.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3442945</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3442945</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olson, Lynne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3442945133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>How An Intrepid Band of Frenchwomen Resisted the Nazis in Hitler&apos;s All-female Concentration Camp</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593732304/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unsung Heroes of World War II]]></title><description><![CDATA[World War II is one of the most harrowing and impactful events in human history. Our imaginations may be captured by the sweeping military battles, but the story of war is the story of humans, everyday people trying to do their bit in a world falling apart around them. In France, for instance, you'll find a young, unassuming mother who became the leader of the largest and most important Allied spy network in occupied France. In Poland, a brilliant, young mathematician successfully broke Germany's Enigma code, laying the groundwork for the famed British codebreaking operation at Bletchley Park. In Belgium, a 23-year-old nurse from Brussels created an escape line that smuggled hundreds of shot-down British and American airmen out of enemy territory and back to freedom. These men and women of courage and conscience helped change the course of history. Unsung Heroes of World War II: Europe is your chance to meet these and other everyday heroes who have never been given the credit they deserved. Taught by historian Lynne Olson, author of seven acclaimed books about World War II, these 12 scintillating lectures offer a trove of stories across Europe and America that you likely have never heard before. With a storyteller's true gift for setting a scene and an eye for interesting details, Professor Olson takes you into the shadows of history to introduce you to some of the most courageous figures in the war-all of whom did their best to defeat tyranny and restore freedom in their own countries and the world at large.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3129937</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3129937</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olson, Lynne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3129937133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>Europe</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781629979830/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Madame Fourcade's Secret War]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER The little-known true story of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, the woman who headed the largest spy network in occupied France during World War II, from the bestselling author of  Citizens of London  and  Last Hope Island    "Brava to Lynne Olson for a biography that should challenge any outdated assumptions about who deserves to be called a hero."— The Washington Post     NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND  THE WASHINGTON POST      In 1941 a thirty-one-year-old Frenchwoman, a young mother born to privilege and known for her beauty and glamour, became the leader of a vast intelligence organization—the only woman to serve as a  chef de résistance  during the war. Strong-willed, independent, and a lifelong rebel against her country's conservative, patriarchal society, Marie-Madeleine Fourcade was temperamentally made for the job. Her group's name was Alliance, but the Gestapo dubbed it Noah's Ark because its agents used the names of animals as their aliases. The name Marie-Madeleine chose for herself was Hedgehog: a tough little animal, unthreatening in appearance, that, as a colleague of hers put it, "even a lion would hesitate to bite."  No other French spy network lasted as long or supplied as much crucial intelligence—including providing American and British military commanders with a 55-foot-long map of the beaches and roads on which the Allies would land on D-Day—as Alliance. The Gestapo pursued them relentlessly, capturing, torturing, and executing hundreds of its three thousand agents, including Fourcade's own lover and many of her key spies. Although Fourcade, the mother of two young children, moved her headquarters every few weeks, constantly changing her hair color, clothing, and identity, she was captured twice by the Nazis. Both times she managed to escape—once by slipping naked through the bars of her jail cell—and continued to hold her network together even as it repeatedly threatened to crumble around her. Now, in this dramatic account of the war that split France in two and forced its people to live side by side with their hated German occupiers, Lynne Olson tells the fascinating story of a woman who stood up for her nation, her fellow citizens, and herself.   "Fast-paced and impressively researched . . . Olson writes with verve and a historian's authority. . . . With this gripping tale, Lynne Olson pays [Marie-Madeleine Fourcade] what history has so far denied her. France, slow to confront the stain of Vichy, would do well to finally honor a fighter most of us would want in our foxhole."— The New York Times Book Review]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C2968805</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C2968805</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olson, Lynne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2968805133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>The Daring Young Woman Who Led France&apos;s Largest Spy Network Against Hitler</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781984885180/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Madame Fourcade's Secret War]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe little-known true story of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, the woman who headed the largest spy network in occupied France during World War II, from the bestselling author of Citizens of London and Last Hope Island"Fast-paced and impressively researched . . . Olson writes with verve and a historian's authority."—The New York Times Book Review In 1941 a thirty-one-year-old Frenchwoman, a young mother born to privilege and known for her beauty and glamour, became the leader of a vast intelligence organization—the only woman to serve as a chef de r&eacute;sistance during the war. Strong-willed, independent, and a lifelong rebel against her country's conservative, patriarchal society, Marie-Madeleine Fourcade was temperamentally made for the job. Her group's name was Alliance, but the Gestapo dubbed it Noah's Ark because its agents used the names of animals as their aliases. The name Marie-Madeleine chose for herself was Hedgehog: a tough little animal, unthreatening in appearance, that, as a colleague of hers put it, "even a lion would hesitate to bite." No other French spy network lasted as long or supplied as much crucial intelligence—including providing American and British military commanders with a 55-foot-long map of the beaches and roads on which the Allies would land on D-Day—as Alliance. The Gestapo pursued them relentlessly, capturing, torturing, and executing hundreds of its three thousand agents, including Fourcade's own lover and many of her key spies. Although Fourcade, the mother of two young children, moved her headquarters every few weeks, constantly changing her hair color, clothing, and identity, she was captured twice by the Nazis. Both times she managed to escape—once by slipping naked through the bars of her jail cell—and continued to hold her network together even as it repeatedly threatened to crumble around her.Now, in this dramatic account of the war that split France in two and forced its people to live side by side with their hated German occupiers, Lynne Olson tells the fascinating story of a woman who stood up for her nation, her fellow citizens, and herself.Praise for Madame Fourcade's Secret War "In Madame Fourcade's Secret War, Lynne Olson tells one of the great stories of the French Resistance, a story of one woman's courage amid great danger, a story of heroism, defiance, and, ultimately, victory."—Alan Furst, author of A Hero of France]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C2916263</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C2916263</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olson, Lynne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2916263133</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>The Daring Young Woman Who Led France&apos;s Largest Spy Network Against Hitler</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780812994773/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last Hope Island]]></title><description><![CDATA[A groundbreaking account of how Britain became the base of operations for the exiled leaders of Europe in their desperate struggle to reclaim their continent from Hitler, from the New York Times bestselling author of Citizens of London and Those Angry Days 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 who escaped there to continue the fight. So, too, did General Charles de Gaulle, the self-appointed representative of free France.  As the only European democracy still holding out against Hitler, Britain became known to occupied countries as "Last Hope Island." Getting there, one young emigr&eacute; declared, was "like getting to heaven." In this epic, character-driven narrative, acclaimed historian Lynne Olson takes us back to those perilous days when the British and their European guests joined forces to combat the mightiest military force in history. Here we meet the courageous King Haakon of Norway, whose distinctive "H7" monogram became a symbol of his country's resistance to Nazi rule, and his fiery Dutch counterpart, Queen Wilhelmina, whose antifascist radio broadcasts rallied the spirits of her defeated people. Here, too, is the Earl of Suffolk, a swashbuckling British aristocrat whose rescue of two nuclear physicists from France helped make the Manhattan Project possible. Last Hope Island also recounts some of the Europeans' heretofore unsung exploits that helped tilt the balance against the Axis: the crucial efforts of Polish pilots during the Battle of Britain; the vital role played by French and Polish code breakers in cracking the Germans' reputedly indecipherable Enigma code; and the flood of top-secret intelligence about German operations—gathered by spies throughout occupied Europe—that helped ensure the success of the 1944 Allied invasion.  A fascinating companion to Citizens of London, Olson's bestselling chronicle of the Anglo-American alliance, Last Hope Island recalls with vivid humanity that brief moment in time when the peoples of Europe stood together in their effort to roll back the tide of conquest and restore order to a broken continent.Praise for Last Hope Island"In Last Hope Island [Lynne Olson] argues an arresting new thesis: that the people of occupied Europe and the expatriate leaders did far more for their own liberation than historians and the public alike recognize. . . . The scale of the organization she describes is breathtaking."—The New York Times Book Review"Last Hope Island is a book to be welcomed, both for the past it recovers and also, quite simply, for being such a pleasant tome to read."—The Washington Post"[A] pointed volume . . . [Olson] tells a great story and has a fine eye for character."—The Boston Globe]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C2700874</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C2700874</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olson, Lynne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2700874133</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood That Helped Turn the Tide of War</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780812997361/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those Angry Days]]></title><description><![CDATA[Traces the crisis period leading up to America's entry into World War II, describing the nation's polarized interventionist and isolationist factions as represented by the government, in the press, and on the streets.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C1792092</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C1792092</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olson, Lynne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1792092133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America&apos;s Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781400069743/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Citizens of London]]></title><description><![CDATA[The behind-the-scenes story of how the United States forged its wartime alliance with Britain, told from the perspective of three key American players in London: Edward R. Murrow, Averell Harriman, and John Gilbert Winant.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C1610698</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C1610698</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olson, Lynne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1610698133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Americans Who Stood With Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781400067589/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Troublesome Young Men]]></title><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C1510154</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C1510154</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olson, Lynne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1510154133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780374179540/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom's Daughters]]></title><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C1341326</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C1341326</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olson, Lynne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1341326133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Unsung Heroines of the Civil Rights Movement From 1830 to 1970</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780684850122/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unsung Heroes of World War II]]></title><description><![CDATA["Look beyond epic battles and meet some of the ordinary people who made an extraordinary impact on World War II"--Container.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3136824</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3136824</guid><category><![CDATA[DVD]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olson, Lynne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3136824133</comments><format>DVD</format><subtitle>Europe</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781629979816/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=&amp;upc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Empress of the Nile]]></title><description><![CDATA["In the 1960s, the world's attention was focused on a nail-biting race against time--an international campaign to save over a dozen ancient Egyptian temples, built during the height of the pharaohs' rule, from drowning in the floodwaters of the gigantic new Aswan High Dam. But the massive press coverage of this unprecedented rescue effort completely overlooked the feisty French archaeologist who made it all happen. Without the intervention of Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt, the temples--including the Met Museum's Temple of Dendur--would now be at the bottom of a gigantic reservoir. It was a project of unimaginable size and complexity that required the fragile sandstone temples to be dismantled, stone by stone, and rebuilt on higher ground. A willful, real-life version of Indiana Jones, Desroches-Noblecourt refused to be cowed by anyone or anything. As a brave member of the French Resistance in WWII she had survived imprisonment by the Nazis; in her fight to save the temples she had to face down two of the most daunting leaders of the postwar world, Egyptian President Abdel Nasser and French President Charles de Gaulle. As she told one reporter, "You don't get anywhere without a fight, you know." Yet Desroches-Noblecourt was not the only woman who played a crucial role in the endeavor. The other one was Jacqueline Kennedy, America's new First Lady, who persuaded her husband to call on Congress to help fund the rescue effort. After a century and a half of Western plunder of Egypt's ancient monuments, Desroches-Noblecourt had done the opposite. She had helped preserve a crucial part of its cultural heritage and, just as important, made sure it remained in its homeland."-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3227827</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3227827</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olson, Lynne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3227827133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt&apos;s Ancient Temples From Destruction</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780525509479/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Empress of the Nile]]></title><description><![CDATA["The remarkable story of the intrepid French archaeologist who led the international effort to save ancient Egyptian temples from the floodwaters of the Aswan Dam, by the New York Times bestselling author of Madame Fourcade's Secret War In the 1960s, the world's attention was focused on a nail-biting race against time: Fifty countries contributed nearly a billion dollars to save a dozen ancient Egyptian temples, built during the height of the pharaohs' rule, from drowning in the floodwaters of the massive new Aswan High Dam. But the extensive press coverage at the time overlooked the gutsy French archaeologist who made it all happen. Without the intervention of Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt, the temples would now be at the bottom of a vast reservoir. It was an unimaginably large and complex project that required the fragile sandstone temples to be dismantled, stone by stone, and rebuilt on higher ground. A willful real-life version of Indiana Jones, Desroches-Noblecourt refused to be cowed by anyone or anything. During World War II she joined the French Resistance and was held by the Nazis; in her fight to save the temples she challenged two of the postwar world's most daunting leaders, Egypt's President Nasser and France's President de Gaulle. As she told a reporter, "You don't get anywhere without a fight, you know." Yet Desroches-Noblecourt was not the only woman who played an essential role in the historic endeavor. The other was Jacqueline Kennedy, who persuaded her husband to call on Congress to help fund the rescue effort. After years of Western plunder of Egypt's ancient monuments, Desroches-Noblecourt did the opposite. She helped preserve a crucial part of Egypt's cultural heritage, and made sure it remained in its homeland"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3280617</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3280617</guid><category><![CDATA[LPRINT]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olson, Lynne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3280617133</comments><format>LPRINT</format><subtitle>The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt&apos;s Ancient Temples From Destruction</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798885789936/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Madame Fourcade's Secret War]]></title><description><![CDATA["In 1941 a thirty-one-year-old Frenchwoman, a young mother born to privilege and known for her beauty and glamour, became the leader of a vast intelligence organization--the only woman to serve as a chef de résistance during the war. Strong-willed, independent, and a lifelong rebel against her country's conservative, patriarchal society, Marie-Madeleine Fourcade was temperamentally made for the job. Her group's name was Alliance, but the Gestapo dubbed it Noah's Ark because its agents used the names of animals as their aliases. The name Marie-Madeleine chose for herself was Hedgehog: a tough little animal, unthreatening in appearance, that, as a colleague of hers put it, 'even a lion would hesitate to bite.' No other French spy network lasted as long or supplied as much crucial intelligence--including providing American and British military commanders with a 55-foot-long map of the beaches and roads on which the Allies would land on D-Day--as Alliance. The Gestapo pursued them relentlessly, capturing, torturing, and executing hundreds of its three thousand agents, including Fourcade's own lover and many of her key spies. Although Fourcade, the mother of two young children, moved her headquarters every few weeks, constantly changing her hair color, clothing, and identity, she was captured twice by the Nazis. Both times she managed to escape--once by slipping naked through the bars of her jail cell--and continued to hold her network together even as it repeatedly threatened to crumble around her."--Dust jacket.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C2913207</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C2913207</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olson, Lynne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2913207133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Daring Young Woman Who Led France&apos;s Largest Spy Network Against Hitler</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780812994766/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last Hope Island]]></title><description><![CDATA["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'"--Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C2683545</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C2683545</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olson, Lynne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2683545133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood That Helped Turn the Tide of War</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780812997354/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unsung Heroes of World War II: Europe]]></title><description><![CDATA[It might seem impossible, today, to discover a politician willing to sabotage his own presidential campaign for the good of the country, but that is exactly what Wendell Willkie did in his 1940 run against President Roosevelt. See why he went against his own party and supported FDR's plans to help Britain.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3242067</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3242067</guid><category><![CDATA[VIDEO_ONLINE]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3242067133</comments><format>VIDEO_ONLINE</format><subtitle>Episode 6, Wendell Willkie: &quot;A Godsend to This Country&quot;</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unsung Heroes of World War II: Europe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Who were the unsung heroes of the European Theater of World War II? In this fascinating series, look beyond the epic battles and military strategy to meet some of the ordinary people who made an extraordinary impact on the defining conflict of the 20th century.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3242061</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3242061</guid><category><![CDATA[VIDEO_ONLINE]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3242061133</comments><format>VIDEO_ONLINE</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unsung Heroes of World War II: Europe]]></title><description><![CDATA[When the Germans began their lightning-quick invasions across Europe, many ordinary citizens were stunned. Others, however, stood up to fight back. In this first episode, meet Dedee de Jongh, a 23-year-old nurse who built an escape line through Belgium and France to rescue stranded British airmen. Witness her courage and ingenuity.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3242062</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3242062</guid><category><![CDATA[VIDEO_ONLINE]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3242062133</comments><format>VIDEO_ONLINE</format><subtitle>Episode 1, Andrée De Jongh and the Resistance</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unsung Heroes of World War II: Europe]]></title><description><![CDATA[In hindsight, it may appear inevitable that Winston Churchill would take command of the British and lead them into victory. At the time, however, it seemed unthinkable that the powerful Neville Chamberlain would step down. See how a few brave politicians orchestrated one of the most striking political transitions in history.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3242063</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3242063</guid><category><![CDATA[VIDEO_ONLINE]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3242063133</comments><format>VIDEO_ONLINE</format><subtitle>Episode 2, The Tory Rebels Who Helped Save England</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unsung Heroes of World War II: Europe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Despite his comically aristocratic name, Charles Henry George Howard, the 20th Earl of Suffolk, was a swashbuckling, unshaven, dark-haired Englishman who seemed unlikely to be responsible for the future of the free world. See how he smuggled French scientists to England and foiled Nazi efforts to obtain a nuclear bomb.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3242068</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3242068</guid><category><![CDATA[VIDEO_ONLINE]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3242068133</comments><format>VIDEO_ONLINE</format><subtitle>Episode 7, The Earl of Suffolk and Heavy Water</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unsung Heroes of World War II: Europe]]></title><description><![CDATA[For years, the official history books suggested there were no women leaders of the Resistance in France, and even today the role of women is often underplayed. The story of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade blows this theory out of the water. Meet this extraordinary woman and see how she led a massive spy ring throughout France.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3242069</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3242069</guid><category><![CDATA[VIDEO_ONLINE]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3242069133</comments><format>VIDEO_ONLINE</format><subtitle>Episode 8, Marie-Madeleine Fourcade: Spymaster</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unsung Heroes of World War II: Europe]]></title><description><![CDATA[The story behind the story is often more interesting than the dominant narrative. You likely have heard of the British codebreakers at Bletchley Park, whose Enigma machine helped win the war. Here, meet several Polish mathematicians who developed a prototype Enigma machine and broke much of the German code years before Bletchley Park.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3242071</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3242071</guid><category><![CDATA[VIDEO_ONLINE]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3242071133</comments><format>VIDEO_ONLINE</format><subtitle>Episode 10, Marian Rejewski and Breaking Enigma</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unsung Heroes of World War II: Europe]]></title><description><![CDATA[After being turned down to be a fighter in the Army Air Force, Tommy Hitchcock, a famous American polo player, was recruited by Ambassador Winant to support the British RAF. There, he worked on designs for the P-51 Mustang, a fighter plane that went on to become one of the most important weapons of the war effort.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3242072</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3242072</guid><category><![CDATA[VIDEO_ONLINE]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3242072133</comments><format>VIDEO_ONLINE</format><subtitle>Episode 11, Tommy Hitchcock and the P-51 Mustang</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unsung Heroes of World War II: Europe]]></title><description><![CDATA[In September 1944, while France and Belgium were celebrating their liberation, Holland was filled with desolation and death. When Brigadier General John Hackett was trapped behind enemy lines, he found salvation in the home of a trio of middle-aged Dutch sisters who nursed him back to health.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3242073</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3242073</guid><category><![CDATA[VIDEO_ONLINE]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3242073133</comments><format>VIDEO_ONLINE</format><subtitle>Episode 12, The Dutch Sisters Who Saved A General</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unsung Heroes of World War II: Europe]]></title><description><![CDATA[History is filled with ordinary citizens doing extraordinary things. As an Olympic athlete, Victor de Laveleye was not your ordinary man, yet there was no reason to think he would come up with one of the most popular symbols in the war, helping to buoy spirits and wage psychological warfare against the Germans. Uncover the story of the V for Victory campaign.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3242064</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3242064</guid><category><![CDATA[VIDEO_ONLINE]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3242064133</comments><format>VIDEO_ONLINE</format><subtitle>Episode 3, Victor De Laveleye and V for Victory</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unsung Heroes of World War II: Europe]]></title><description><![CDATA[When the Germans invaded the Netherlands and Norway, Adolph Hitler wanted to secure not only the land, but also the leadership of these nations. In this episode, Professor Olson shows you the wrenching decisions and harrowing escapes of Queen Wilhelmina and King Haakon, and how these royal figures fought the war from Britain.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3242065</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3242065</guid><category><![CDATA[VIDEO_ONLINE]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3242065133</comments><format>VIDEO_ONLINE</format><subtitle>Episode 4, Wilhelmina and Haakon: Royalty Fight Back</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item></channel></rss>