Chapter 5, Change of Heart, Part 1 is finally
posted. A huge thanks to
snacky who helped with some invaluable editorial advice.
And so we return to the non-linear point of view of Asim bin Kalil and being moving away from the visions of The Dawn Treader to other things. Some of this is a bit repetitive (but a lot less so than it was, thanks Snacky).
Also, we meet here and then in much greater detail in the next chapter, Col. Tom Clark, his son, Jack, and their housekeeper, Ruby. It bears noting that there is an important commander in the Operation Torch planning, Major General Mark Clarke -- he has no relation to Tom.
A few notes.
The details of the Torch planning were from
here, and some other places. The information about Bletchley Park operations comes from
this book, which was on my shelf until I managed to leave it on an airplane.
The "Maudlin and Monstrous Pile" that housed the codebreakers, the Bletchley Park mansion, is described in hilarious architectural detail
here.
Asim mentions the
Long Range Desert Group and I just adore this picture of them, courtesy of the New Zealand government
As for the history of military chocolate in the US, I refer you to the
Hershey website
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