01865cam a2200313 4500 503782034 TxAuBib 20170614120000.0 160517s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780812997354 0812997352 TxAuBib Olson, Lynne. Last Hope Island : Britain, occupied Europe, and the brotherhood that helped turn the tide of war / Lynne Olson. New York : Random House, [2017] 553 pages : ills. Includes bibliographical references (pages [479]-525) and index. 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'. 20170614. World War, 1939-1945 Governments in exile. World War, 1939-1945 Diplomatic history. World War, 1939-1945 Europe. World War, 1939-1945 Great Britain. Heads of state England History. Political refugees England History. Government, Resistance to Europe History. London (England) History. Europe Politics and government 1918-1945.