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To: swarthyguy
Yes, there are so many eddies and swirls in the river of history -- to hopelessly cliche out.....Some of the best stories come from there -- for example, Lisbon in WW2.

What about Lisbon in WWII?

55 posted on 04/30/2002 9:50:25 PM PDT by Korth
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To: Korth
It was a hotbed of espionage Portugal being a neutral country. Refugees from the Reich used it as a transit point to the Americas. Minerals needed by the Reich were mined from Portugal and sent to Germany. All the secret services were well represented in the city.
79 posted on 05/01/2002 8:32:06 AM PDT by swarthyguy
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