Book Quote of the Day: The Dangers of Spanish!

“In April 1941 Stalin launched a further purge against senior military officers.  The group that had aroused suspicion consisted of men who had served in the Spanish Civil War and who had retained the devious habit of addressing each other with `Salud, compañero!‘” (emphasis added).

Norman Davies, No Simple Victory, World War II in Europe, 1939 -1945, at 158-59 (2006).