WW II

Marching through history – the secret agents of WW II

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Deborah’s previous contribution to this blog tour of ours dipped into the 15th – 16th century. Today, she guides us through history far closer to us, namely the brave women who acted as secret agents during WW II. Some months ago, I read Deborah’s book, Operation Tulip, which is set in The Netherlands around 1944-45. […]

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A restless Swedish skeleton – of events in the aftermath of WW II

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I have an acquaintance who some years ago decided to dig into her ancestry. As most parishes in this neck of the woods have kept detailed tabs on people since the early 17th century, it isn’t that difficult to construct a family tree, and most of these old records are available on line – a

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