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March was another excellent reading month for me. I read 4 Jane Harper books for #authoramonth, 3 of which are also for #serieslove2024. I read 4 books for #SouthKorea #foodandlit (5 when I finish the tagged book—I couldn‘t squeeze it in for March) and 5 for #readingOceania (Pacific worked for two challenges). XOXO worked for the ever-difficult #letterX for #litsyatoz @Soubhiville @Catsandbooks @Andrew65 @TheSpineView @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

I‘m going way outside my comfort zone for my next ebook for #SouthKorea but opted for it because it also satisfies the #letterX for #litsyatoz, which is always hard to find. #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

A thriller unlike any other I‘ve ever read—because it all was true, with the world at stake. The French created an alliance before WWII, between X (Paris), Y (London, and Z (Warsaw) to share knowledge to break and continue breaking the Enigma cipher each time the Nazis improved it. Breathtaking were the risks taken by the Pole code breakers, the French super-spy, and the German super-spy stealing his country‘s secrets. Truly nerves of steel. ⬇️

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It‘s heartbreaking to know what happened in Poland after the Nazis were defeated. Poland code-breakers were instrumental in breaking the Enigma code, in winning the war, having been in the initial alliance against the Nazis, and then to be occupied by the Soviets. This is just a tiny bit of the horrors suffered by the Poles once the Soviets “saved” them from the Nazis. 😢

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I am learning so much from this nonfiction spycraft book we don‘t generally learn about in history class. Again, dumbfounded! The Nazis wanted to poison Alexandria en masse!

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As sayeth the queen (any Star Wars fans know who said this?):

“So this is how liberty dies. To thunderous applause.”

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Who knew that the British set out to destroy the French Navy during WWII? I didn‘t!

This was in the Port of Oran, Algeria

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We are finally introduced to Alan Turing. His nephew wrote this book. Turing was clearly a genius, and his nephew appears to be pretty danged smart himself as he explains the inner workings of the Enigma machine. But the author is trying to give credit where credit‘s due—and so much of the groundbreaking work was done by some Polish geniuses.

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The Nazis created their own excuse to invade Poland

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